Twenty Die in Northern Mexican Violence
Twenty individuals are the toll from ongoing drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico, including four young men executed in the Jardin de Bosque district of Juarez and two abducted Monterrey, Nuevo Leon police officers found dead late Sunday night.
- Six individuals were murdered Monday morning in three separate incidents in Juarez, Chihuahua, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka. Jesús Paz Arce de 41, was found shot to death near the intersection of calles Santos Ortiz and Luis Morada in the Oasis Revolucion district.
Four unidentified men in their 20s were shot to death near the intersection of calles Bosque de Jacaranda and Montebello in the exclusive Jardines del Bosque district. Witnesses say hooded armed suspects dismounted from a black van with the four victims with their hands bound by white plastic ties, forced them to roll their shirts over their heads and shot each in the back of the head.
The third incident took place at a downtown Juarez adult detention facility (CERESO) when an inmate, Gerardo Quiñonez Rangel, 28, was found dead in the laundry room. The victim had been beaten to death.
- Three young people were shot to death and a fourth was wounded in Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua Monday, according to Mexican press accounts. JoaquÃÂn Antonio Crella Silva, Karla Abigail and ArenivarMoncada all died at the scene.
Witnesses say the four were riding aboard their vehicle when it was intercepted by armed suspects riding in a Dodge Neon.
- An unidentified teenager was shot to death in Juarez Monday afternoon, according to Mexican press accounts. The victim was changing a tire on his vehicle when armed suspects rode up on him and began chasing him before shooting him to death. The assault took place near the intersection of calles Ramón Aranda y Oro in the Barrio Alto district of Juarez.
- Two still unidentified Monterrey municipal police officers who were kidnapped Saturday night were among the five people found murdered in a van late Sunday night according to Mexican press reports.
Police in Monterrey were tipped off to the van next to a toy store on Avenida Eugenio Garza Sada in the Palomas district at about 2200 hrs. A message written on white card board warned, "This is going to happen to all those who patrol the Z."
- An unidentified man was found dead in Torreon, Coahuila, according to Mexican press reports. The victim was found near the intersection of Avenida 5th and Calle Rayon in the Nueva Aurora district at about 0310 hrs. Witnesses say armed suspects riding in a pickup truck shot the man.
- An unidentified man was shot to death in Torreon Coahuila, say Mexican press accounts. The victim was found at 1340 hrs. Saturday on Calzada Ãvila Camacho in the Aviation district. He had been tortured and then shot with a .223 assault rifle. At the scene was also found a Dodge Cirrus and a Toyota Camry.
- Three men and a woman were murdered Saturday in Tijuana in four separate crimes, according to the Mexican daily El Sol de Tijuana. Carmen Sanchez Vargas, 49, was shot to death at her home on calle Circunvalacion in the Los Alamos district. Investigators think a lone gunman entered the home through the courtyard and shot the victim using a revolver.
José David Romero Castro, de 24, was shot to death at night on the second floor of his home on calle Tulum in the Mariano Matamoros district. Investigators think the victim was shot with a revolver. Eudoro Landa Delgado, 47, was shot to death with a .380 pistol on Avenida Peñón in the Valle Verde district.
An unidentified man in his 20s was found stabbed Sunday afternoon in the street on calle Palmeras in the Rinconada de Otay district.
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