A total of 28 individuals died in violence in northern Mexican states including five individuals shot to death in Juarez, Chihuahua.
- A convicted kidnapper died in his jail cell Friday morning. Edgar Antonio Romero, 28 was found dead in his cell at the Juarez municipal Centro de Readaptacion Social (CERESO) likely from exposure to record low temperatures. Antonio Romero is the second member of his gang who has been killed since last n November. He was serving a 100 year sentence for kidnapping.
- Four unidentified men were shot to death in Juarez Friday. The victim has just begun occupation of an abandoned residence near the intersection of calles Cordillera Jura and Bosque de Aragon in the Villas del Cedro II colony when armed suspects came to the area and shot them.
- Two individuals were killed in separate incidents in Juarez Friday, according to the Mexican news daily La Polaka.
- A man was found shot to death and dumped near the corner of calles Miñaca and Santa Clara in the Kilometro 5 colony. The victim was dumped wrapped in a blanket.
- A teenager was shot to death in his residence Friday night. The victim was drinking beer with friends when armed suspect broke into the home near the intersection of calles Zacatenco and Islas Carolinas in the Plutarco Elias Calles colony.
- A suspected car thief was shot to death by police in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Friday night. Francisco Javier Murillo Melendez was observed by Chihuahua municipal police attempting to dismantle a vehicle near the corner of calles 20 de Noviembre and 38th in the Pacifico colony, when members of the group helping him fired at police. Return fire hit Francisco Murillo Melendez, who died while being transported for medical attention. The other suspects escaped capture.
- An inmate at the state CERESO in Serdan Achilles shot himself to death in his cell Friday night. Reports say Carlos Alberto de la Cerda, 32 and serving time for possession of a weapon, shot himself twice in the head using a .380 automatic pistol. Reports noted that Mexican Federal agents conducted a contraband sweep at the Serdan Achilles CERESO January 28th.
- Two unidentified men were shot to death and a third wounded Saturday in Juarez. The victims were riding aboard a Honda Civic near the intersection of calles Maximo Castillo and Gilberto Limon in the Revolucion Mexicana colony when they were attacked. The driver crashed his vehicle when he was hit, and was taken to a local hospital for medical attention.
- An unidentified man was shot and dumped in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Saturday. The victim was found near the corner of calles Urbi Villas and Vitromex shot and wrapped in a blanket.
- Three unidentified men were shot to death at a shop in Juarez Saruday. The victims were all employed a mechanics at a shop near the intersection of calles Sandia and Sorgo in the El Granjero colony. Reports say the victims were herded into the shop office prior to being shot.
- Three unidentified men were shot to death in Juarez Saturday afternoon. The victims were at a used car lot on Avenida Gomez Morin near television studios of Channel 44. Reports say the victims sought refuge from their attackers amidst the used car and were not employed at the used car business.
- Five unidentified individuals were shot to death in Juarez Saturday evening. The shootings took place at a residence near the corner of calles Costa Rica and Alfonso Junjo in the Zona Centro of Juarez. Two men and a woman were found inside the garage of the residence while two others were found in an apartment nearby.
- A city councilman in Ensenada, Baja Californian was shot to death Saturday night. Arturo Castellanos Ruiz was leaving a nightclub on calzada Cortez in the Hidalgo colony when he was shot. Several 9mm and .45 caliber spent shell casings were found at the scene. Castellanos Ruiz was with the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI).
- An unidentified teenager was found shot to death in Torreon, Coahuila Saturday. The victim was foun near the intersection of Bulevar Revolucion and the Tec de La Laguna bridge shot three times.
- A man was shot to death near Parral, Chihuahua Friday. Wilber Francisco Aguirre Palma, 34 and a resident of Tijuana, Baja California, was found dead near the village of of Norogachi Tajirachi in the Guachochi municipality.
- Two men were shot to death in Parral, Chihuahua Saturday night. Emilio Aceves Villarreal and Manuel Chavez Jesus Rodriguez were found between the municipalities of Emiliano Zapata and Lopez Portillo. Several .45 caliber spent shell casings were found at the scene.
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