8 Die in Chihuahua
Eight individuals were murdered in drug and gang violence in Chihuahua state.
- Three unidentified individuals were shot to death and four others were wounded in three separate attacks in Juarez Saturday, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka. Armed suspects fired on four men and a woman who were aboard a Chevrolet Avalanche near the intersection of calles Custodia de la Republica and Mesa Central. Two men died in the attack and three others were wounded. In the second case, an unidentified man was shot to death near the corner of calle Cartagena and Pedro Baranda in the Constitucion colony. Finally, an unidentified man in a wheelchair was hit three times with gunfire near the intersection of calles Sierra Buena Vista and Derechos Constitucionales in the El Jarudo colony.
- An unidentified man in his 20s was found shot to death on Kilometer 62 of the Juarez-Porvenir road near Praxedis shot multple times in the head. Reports say the victim was dumped at the location after being shot. 9mm spent shell casings were found at the scene.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death in Chihuahua Sunday morning, say Mexican news accounts. The victim was found in the Bahias de San Quintin colony wrapped in a blanket with spent 9mm and .223 caliber spent casings nearby.
- A total of three individuals were found shot to death in teo separate crimes in southern Chihuahua near parral, according to the Mexican daily El Sol del Parral. One unidentified man was found shot to death in the community of Paso de Molina in the Francisco del Oro colony Saturday morning. Several Super .38 shell casings were found at the scene. Two hours later two men were found shot to death near the Parral-Jimenez road near the community of Allende. Jesus Alberto Melendez Zapien, 28, Parral in the Montañas colony and Rubén Omar Ceballos MÃÂreles, 28, also from Parral in the Alta Vista colony sere foundhit by gunfire multiple times. Spent 9mm, .223 caliber and 7.62x39mm casings were found at the scene.
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