17 Die in Northern Mexico
Seventeen individuals were murdered in northern Mexican states in drug and gang related violence that included a mass shooting of six prison guards in Chihuahua, Chihuahua.
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- A woman was shot to death in Juarez Tuesday night, say Mexican news reports. The attack took place at a residence on calle Hacienda de Santiago in the Las Haciendas district where the victim of 32 was shot with an AK-47 assault rifle.
- Six guards at a prison near Chihuahua were shot to death in an ambush in Chihuahua,. Chihuahua Wednesday morning, say Mexican news reports. The assault took place at about 0730 hrs at a traffic light near the intersection of calles Revolucion Cubana and Tecnologico north of Chihuahua. The guards, all part of the Centro de Readaptacion Social (CERESO) in Serdan Achilles, were riding aboard an official vehicle when armed suspects riding in a three vehicle convoy started shooting. Two of the guards were killed in the cab of the pickup truck while the other four died as they fled trying to avoid the assault. As they suspects fled the scene, they crashed into a bus.
- An unidentified man was shot to death in the parking lot of a commercial establishment in Juarez Wednesday, say Mexican news accounts. The attack took place on the corner of Calle Plutarco and Avenida La Raza where the victim was shot by armed suspects riding in a Volkswagen Golf. Reports say handguns were used in the attack.
- Five individuals were found murdered in Tijuana, according to the Mexican Daily La Cronica. Ulises Castañeda Payan, 35, was found shot to death early Tuesday morning in a residence on Calle Linces in the Cañadas del Florido district, by a .45 caliber weapon. Jesús Roberto Perez Castro, 37, was found shot to death Monday night as he was leaving his home on Calle Sexta in the Libertad Parte Alta district. Reports say 9mm weapons were used in the murder. In the last case, three unidentified men were found Monday night shot to death in a grocery store in Tres de Octubre district. Report say 15 individuals have been murdered in Tijuana in the last 72 hours.
- Two inmates at a Nuevo Leon prison were killed in a brawl that also left five others injured, say Mexican news accounts. The fight took place at the Centro de Readaptacio Social (CERESO) at Cadereyta, near Monterrey, Monday night, and until today news was not confirmed as to those hurt.
- Two men were found shot to death and dumped on a highway in Nuevo Leon, according to Mexican news accounts. Carlos Jesus Sillas Torres and Jorge Alejandro Torres Carrillo were found in the China municipality (county) Monday. Both men had been tortured prior to being shot.
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