18 Die in Northern Mexico
Eighteen individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence including four individuals shot to death early Friday morning in Parral, Chihuahua.
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- Five individuals,including a woman were murdered in Juarez in four separate crimes Friday, according to Mexican daily La Polaka. The first killing took place near the intersection of calle Vicente Guerrero and Valle de Juárez in the Frontera district where the owner of the El Mandil Sonorense hamburger stand was shot to death. In the second crime three unidentified individuals were shot to death at a residence on calle Atras Quedo la Huella in the Castillo Peraza district. In the third crime an unidentified individual was killed near the intersection of calles Lopez Mateos and Vicente Guerrero in the Farmhorro district. In the fourth crime, an unidentified woman was shot to death as she was forcibly removed from her car near the intersection of calles 8 de Octubre and Santa Clara in the Che Guevara district.
- A man was found shot to death on a remote road near Chihuahua, Chihuahua, say Mexican news reprots. Pedro Montoya was found on Kilometer 7 on the Chihuahua-Cuauhtémoc road. Police found a Chevrolet Blazer abandoned two kilometers down the road with about 40 spent .223 caliber casings nearby. Two more kilometers down the road police found a women in her 20s who had been shot in the abdomen, but who was alive. Reports hint that the shootings may have been a botched carjacking.
- An unidentified man was fond shot to death in the village of San Ysidro Saturday morning. The victim was found on the Juarez-Porvenir road naked to the waist, hands and feet bound, tortured with a gunshot wound to the head.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death in Juarez Saturday morning, according to Mexican news reports. The victim was found wrapped in a blanket on a concrete bench at a park near the intersection of calles Hacienda del Ramanso and Hacienda in the Hacienda las Torres district
- An unidentified man was shot to death Saturday afternoon in Juarez Saturday afternoon, say Mexican news accounts. The victim had just dismounted his Nissan Altima near the intersection of calles Berkelio and Donato Guerra in the Arroyo Colorado district when he was shot. Investigators found 9mm spent casings at the scene.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death near Tubutama, Sonora, according to Mexican news accounts. The victim was found wrapped in a grey blanket with a single gunshot wound to the forehead. Tubutama and the surrounding area was the scene of two intergang shootouts this past summer that killed more than 40 individuals. The Tubumtama area is a known drug gang stronghold.
- Three unidentified individuals were shot to death in two separate crimes in Parral, Chihuahua Thursday, according to Mexican news reports. The first crime took place on calle Libertad near the Premier Cinema at about 2000 hrs where a man was found in a pool of blood shot to death. Later, a couple riding in the Jeep Cherokee were shot to death near the Versailles Hotel.
- A US citizen was shot to death and another unidentified youth was wounded in Parral, Chihuahua Friday night, say Mexican news accounts. Sergio Saenz of New Mexico was shot aboard his Chrysler 300 at about 2200 hrs, while his passenger was hit in the leg.
- Four individuals, two men and two women, were found shot to death in Parral, Chihuahua early Friday morning, according to Mexican news accounts. Manuel Baca Hernandez, 30, Elisa Ayala Delgado, 30, Juan Carlos Cobos, 26 and Elvira Jiménez GarcÃa, 30, were found around 0020 hrs aboard a Dodge Durango near the intersection of 20 de Noviembre y Ãlamo in the Guachochi district. Several spent 9mm and AK-47 shell casings were found at the scene.
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