Google TranslateTwo alleged members of Artistas Asesinos armed group were arrested just before they were to carry out a shooting at a convenience store in Juarez Wednesday, say Mexican news reports.
Alejandro Torres Torres, 25, and Pedro David Barraza Martinez, 27, were arrested by Mexican Federal agents outside the Oxxo convenience store near the corner of calles Pinos Altos and Palomas in the Palomas district, after they dismounted from two vehicles.
Reports say the pair were planning to execute an unidentified individual exiting the Oxxo store.
Seized in the arrest were one AK-47, .40mm caliber handgun, two magzines for .40 caliber handguns, 16 rounds of .40 caliber ammunition, a barrel magazine for an AK-47 assault rifle, 63 rounds of 7.62x39mm rounds for the AK-47 assault rifle, communication equipment, a cell phone, a handwritten note with information of the presumed victim, a Buick sedan, and a stolen Dodge Neon.
Artistas Asesinos is an armed subgroup of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel which operates in Juarez.