Six Die in Chihuahua Violence
Six individuals were killed today in drug and gang related violence that included two Juarez female police officers shot while assisting state police agents in an ambush.
- A police chief in Chihuahua was shot to death on a remote road in Chihuahua Sunday night, say Mexican news reports. Ernesto Flores was killed as he travelled down a road near Majalca about 30 km. north of Chihuahua, Chihuahua with his family. Armed suspects aboard a Ford pickup truck shot at Flores and then escaped overland. Flores is thought to have returned fire wounding at least one of the gunmen.
- Two female municipal police officers were shot and wounded in a shootout in Juarez Monday morning, according to Mexican news reports. State police agents were attacked aboard their Dodge Ram pickup trucks by armed suspects riding in a Honda Accord using pistols near the intersection of Bulevar Oscar Flores And Calle Montes Apeninos. When agents returned fire, the gunmen switched to rifles. The two female police agents arrived on scene and were fired on wounding both, one seriously.
Brisa Maria Moreno was taken to the hospital in serious condition. Valadéz Guadalupe is the identity of the second police officer. Following the exchange, the armed suspects fled the scene.
- Three unidentified people were shot to death and an unidentified woman was found dead in three separate crimes in Juarez, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka. Mexican Federal agents found the corpse of a woman wrapped in a blanket near the intersection of calles Abeto and Granados in the Granjas Santa Elena district. No evidence of a murder weapon were found at the scene.
An unidentified man was shot to death in his Pontiac near the intersection of calles Zihuatanejo and Rafael Velarde in the Galeana district. Witnesses say an AK-47 was used in the attack.
Two unidentified men were shot to death on Calle Arturo Papaya Gamiz of the colony January 15 in the courtyard of a house. Investigators at the scene found 15 spent cartridge casings, but did not release any more information.
- An unidentified man in his 30s was shot to death at a hamburger stand in Juarez Monday afternoon, according to Mexican news reports. The attack occurred when the victim stopped at Kiko's near the intersection of calles 16 de Septiembre and Constitución in the central district to ask for directions. The man was shot in the back as a half dozen diners watched.
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