13 Die in Northern Mexico
Thirteen people died in northern Mexico in drug and gang related violence, including a gun battle involving the Mexican Army in Tamaulipas and three young soccer players in Juarez. According to Mexican news reports a total of 24 people were killed in gang related violence in 24 hours in Juarez Wednesday.
- Armed suspects shot a man to death and wounded two others in an attack which took place in front of PGJE offices in Juarez Wednesday night, according to Mexican news accounts. Héctor Juan Alvarado MuñÃÂz was killed in his Dodge Ram pickup truck on Avenida Juan Gabriel around 2200 hrs. in front of Chihuahua state government offices which included the Chihuahua state attorney's general office.
The attackers also shot up the front of the state offices to supress response of police agents in the building befofre fleeing from the scene.
- Three unidentified young people were shot to death and two more were wounded while playing soccer in a late Wednesday night attack in Juarez, say Mexican news accounts. The attack took place at about 2336 hrs near the intersection of calles Arroyo Norte and Nopales Norte in the Colinas del Norte district of Juarez.
- A man was found shot to death Thursday morning in southeast Juarez, according to Mexican news reports. Juan Carlos Delgado Patiño, 30, was found on the highway to Porvenir in San Agustin near the Los Arenales district. He had been shot four times.
- An unidentified man was shot riding his bicycle in Juarez Thursday, according to Mexican news accounts. The attack took place near the intersection of calles Acapulco and Municipio Libre in the Melchor Ocampo district. Investigators at the scene say a 9mm weapons was used in the attack.
Witnesses say the victim was a car washer.
- Two men were shot to death at an auto body shop in Juarez Thursday, say Mexican news accounts. Gerardo Jesús Chäirez, 45, thought to be the proprietor of the shop and another unidentified man were found near the intersection of calles Zihuatanejo and Rafael Velarde in the Galeana district.
- A package delivery company and its employees were robbed of packages and personal belongings in an armed robbery Wednesday night in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, say Mexican news accounts. Witnesses say five hooded armed suspects carrying assault rifles entered the Carssa package delivery company at about 1900 hrs near the intersection of calles 14 and Justiniani in the San Rafael district.
The suspects took a number of packages said to be bound for Juarez, then forced employees to the ground, and then forced them to give up personal belongings. A few minutes after the robbers left, employees called police. Chihuahua state police is said to be investigating the robbery.
- A former head of Transit Police in Guaymas, Sonora and a taxi cab driver were found dead early Thursday morning, say Mexican news accounts. Juliän Mendoza GarcÃÂa, 65, was found in the Rodolfo Sänchez Taboada indistrial park not far from the abandoned cab. The cab driver is unidentified.
The translation makes it unclear how he and the driver were killed.
- An unidentified man was shot Mexican Army to death by elements of the Mexican Army in Tamaulipas, say Mexican news reports.
The confrontation occurred at Km. Marker 190 on the Miguel Alemän to Nuevo Laredo highway when elements of the Mexican 4th Military Zone came upon a group of men who open fired on the military unit. Return fire killed one suspect. About 200 kilograms of marijuana were seized following the gunfight.
- Two unidentified men were shot to death in separate crimes in Juarez, according to the Mexican news daily La Polaka. The first shooting took place near the intersection of calles Rosales and Madera in the Anähuac district inside the kitchen of a private residence.
The second murder took place inside a grocery store near the intersection of calles Alamogordo and Calexico in the Parajes del Sur district.
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