16 Die in Northern Mexico
Sixteen individuals were murdered in gang and drug related violence which included a Juarez police officer shot to death Friday morning.
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- Two unidentified individuals were shot to death in Juarez early Thursday morning, according to Mexican press reports. The attack took place at the Cerveceria Las Torres on Avenida Reyes Estrada in the Lucio Blanco district where armed suspects attacked individuals at a bar killing them. Reports say the bar where the attack took place was emptied following the attack.
- The third inmate in less than a week was found dead on a Chihuahua prison Thursday morning, say Mexican press accounts. Pedro Grajales RamÃÂrez was found hanged in his cell in a high security area of the Centro Readaptacion Social (CERESO) in Aquiles Serdan.
- Two unidentified men were shot to death in Juarez Thursday morning, according to Mexican press accounts. The attack took place near the intersection of calle Custodia de la Republica and Desierto de Nubia in the Paraje de Oriente where two employees of a commercial establishment were killed by armed suspects using 9mm weapons.
- Two unidentified men were found shot to death in Juarez early Thursday morning, say Mexican press accounts. The victims were found in a vacant lot near the intersection of calles Candelilla and Piña in the Infonavit Ãngel TrÃÂas district naked to the waist with their heads covered by duct tape.
- An unidentified man was shot to death as he fought an abduction attempt Thursday morning. The victim was aboard a GMC Envoy when armed suspects riding aboard a GMC Yukon blocked the victim near the intersection of calles Maiz and Grosella in the El Granjero district, dismounted and attempted to pull him from his vehicle. When he resisted, he was shot dead. The armed suspects fled the scene shortly after.
- A grocer was shot to death at his store in Juarez Thursday afternoon, according to Mexican press reports. Roberto Rodriguez Mendez 42, was shot at his store, Mi Ranchita, near the intersection of calles Quiches and Tlauicas in the Azteca district where two arned suspects posing as customers shot the victim using .40 caliber and 9mm pistols.
- Three young men were shot to death and a fourth was wounded in Juarez late Thursday night, say Mexican news accounts. The four victims were pursued to the porch of a residence near the intersection of calles Benjamin Herrera and Rafael Torres Quintero in the Casas Grandes district by armed suspects and then shot.
- A municipal police officer was shot to death and two more police were wounded in an attack in Juarez Friday morning, say Mexican news sources. Armed suspects attacked the Estacion Delicias on Avenida Juan Gabriel wounding Raul Corral Flores, 28, who later died in a hospital, and two others.
- A man was shot to death in front of his residence in Juarez, say Mexican news reports. Victor Perea de 45, was shot by a lone gunman at his residence on the intersection of calles San Samuel and San Antonio in the Santa Anita district. Several .45 caliber spent shell casings were found at the scene.
- A man was shot to death Wednesday in Ures, Sonora, according to Mexican news reports. Jesus Bracamontes Fuentes, was found shot multiple times near the intersection of Bulevar Luis Donaldo Colosio and the road leading to Ures in the Guadalupe village. Reports say the police know who the shooter is and they are searching for him. Fuentes had a criminal record which included theft.
- An unidentified man was found dead and wrapped in a white sheet near Hermosillo, Sonora, say Mexican news reports. The victim was found near the intersection of Bulevar Rio Lindo and Navarrete by a construction crew.
From the Barriers-Are-a-Beginning Department
City road crews in Juarez spent part of Thursday removing concerete barriers place in the streets by residents of a nearby neighborhood, according to Mexican news reports.
The barriers went up near the intersection of calle De la Primavera and Camino Viejo Senecu in the Campestre district after residents woke up to messages written on walls in the area threatening them.
Reports say residents removed the messages and refused to divulge to police the location of the walls where the messages were placed. |
