Fourteen die in Juarez
Fourteen people lost their lives in ongoing drug and gang related violence that included five killed at a food kiosk near the US border.
- An unidentified man and woman were found tortured and shot to death Friday morning within a few city blocks of one another in Juarez, according to Mexican news reports.
The couple were found on Baja California Street in the 11 de Febrero district of Juarez. The male was gagged with tape and both people had been tortured before they were shot.
- Five people were shot to death in three different crimes in Juarez, according to the Mexican daily, La Polaka. The first murders took place at a filling station on the Juärez-Porvenir highway near San Isidro where two unidentified men were shot to death.
The third killing took place near the intersection of Francisco J. Mujica and Articulo 123 streets in Juarez where witnesses saw an unidentified man abandon his vehicle after hitting an embankment trying to flee an attack only to be gunned down only a few meters from his vehicle.
The fourth and fifth murders took place in the Arroya Colorado district of Juarez near the intersection of Plomo and Donato Guerra streets where two unidentified youths were shot to death.
- An unidentified man was found tortured and shot to death near a Walmart in northern Juarez, say Mexican news reports. The man was found with his head wrapped in duck tape with evidence of torture and a single gunshot wound to the head. A message was placed on the body, but authorities refused to divulge its contents.
The corpse was found at 2300 hrs. at the Los Nogales Walmart in back of the store.
- Five unidentified people were shot to death Friday afternoon at a food kiosk near the US border crossing on Saragossa Bridge, according to Mexican news accounts. Four clients and an employee were shot to death when an group of armed suspects aboard a white SUV with Texas plates opened fire with AK-47s. Police found more than 100 spent cartridge casings at the scene.
Reports say three of the clients were the actual target of the assassination.
- An unidentified man was shot to death and another wounded in s shooting in Juarez, according to Mexican news accounts. The shooting took place on Avenida ValentÃÂn Fuentes when a shooter fired on the two as they rode in their light truck.
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