16 Die in Northern Mexico
Sixteen individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang violence in northern Mexican which included a Juarez female municipal police officer shot to death last Monday.
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- A female Juarez municipal officer was shot to death last Monday, say Mexican news reports. Tania Gonzalez Carranza was shot aboard her Chevrolet Cavalier near the corner of Calzada del Rio and Jaime Bermudez. Several 9mm spent casings were found at the scene. The victim had 28 years with the Juarez police corporation.
- A man was found shot to death in Juarez Monday evening, say Mexican press accounts. Gustavo Montana Anchondo 21, was shot near the intersection of calle Delicias and San Francisco del Oro in the 16 de Septiembre colony. Reports say the victim has been an abduction victim a few months ago.
- A man was found shot to death Tuesday afternoon in Juarez, say Mexican press accounts. Pedro Alberto Diaz Hernandez, 24, was shot by a pair of armed suspects near the corner of calles Damaso Alonso and Luis de Gongora in the Infonavit Casas Grandes colony. Reports say AR-5 assault rifles were used in the murder.
- Two unidentified men men were found murdered in two separate crimes in Juarez Tuesday night, according to Mexican news accounts. One victim was found tortured and stabbed near the corner of Ramon Rayon and Ignacio Alatorre in the Barrio Alto colony. The victim was found tied to a palm tree. The second victim was found near the intersection of calles Camino Viejo San Jose and Tecnologico gagged and tortured. Reports do not say how he died.
- A man was shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Tuesday night say Mexican press accounts Edwin Hernandez, 18, was pursued by two armed suspects aboard a Nissan Altima who shot him as he attempted to flee the attack by ducking into a closed grocery store. The attack took place near the intersection of calles 17 de Junio and Pascual Orozco in the Villa colony.
- An unidentified Juarez municipal police officer was wounded in an encounter with armed suspects late Wednesday night, say Mexican press accounts. Two police were on patrol near the intersection of Codorniz and Aztecas in the Aztecas colony when they fired on a car carrying armed suspects, who then returned fire.
- Two young men were shot to death in Juarez Wednesday night, say Mexican news reports. Juan Eduardo Reyes Camargo, 18, and Norberto Lopez Aguirre, 16, were shot near the intersection of calles Candelaria DÃÂaz de Bustamante and Leopoldina Ojeda Barrios in the Independencia II colony in front of a natural gas plant. Spent shell casings from 9mm and .44 caliber weapons were found at the scene.
- Two unidentified women were found shot to death in a remote desert area near Juarez, say Mexican news accounts. The victim were found half buried in the sand with gunshot wounds to the head in an area known as Cerro del Caballo.
- Two unidentified men were shot to death in Juarez in front of a secondary school Thursday night, say Mexican press accounts. One of the victims was found aboard a Dodge Neon sedan while the second victim was shot apparently fleeing the assault. Reports say the two were abducted earlier in the day.
- An unidentified women was found decapitated inside a van in Tijuana, Baja California Wednesday night. Mexican security forces found a Chrysler van near the intersection of Via Rapida Poniente and Bulevar Bernardo O'Higgins with the victim's body inside. The head was found in the engine compartment. A message was found inside the van, which apparently referred to a conflict between criminal gangs.
- A man was shot to death and his female partner was wounded in an attack Wednesday night near Tijuana, Baja California. The attack took place at a shopping mall on Ruta Independencia in the La Presa delegation when armed suspects fired on the victim and his female companion using AR-15 assault rifles.
- An unidentified man was found hanging from a pedestrian bridge in Torreon, Coahuila Tuesday afternoon. The victim was found near the intersection of Peñoles and Prolongacion Comonfort Sur wrapped in a blanket and shot three times.
- An inmate at the Penal del Topo Chico has died from wounds he received in a beating last Sunday night, say Mexican news reports. Juan Antonio Lopez Maldonado died Thursday night after he was beaten by another inmate, Francisco Miguel Lopez Hernandez, 23. Because of the peculiarities of Mexican jurisprudence, Lopez Hernandez will be tried for both the beating and the death of Lopez Maldonado.
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