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Caribbean-Latin America
More Mexican Mayhem
2010-06-04
13 Die in Northern Mexico

Thirteen people died in drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico, including a prison riot which killed three, and three minor children who may have been accidentally killed by the Mexican Army.
  • Two men were killed and 13 more were wounded, eight by gunfire, in a prison riot late Wednesday night, according to Mexican news reports. José Luis Garay was killed by gunfire, while Fabiän Mauricio de la Rosa Varela died from burns presumably from a Molotov cocktail.

    The riot was a battle between rival prison gangs, the Mexicles and the Aztecas.

    Reports were that inmates at the CERESO prison at San Guillermo in Juarez were armed with assault rifles and had body armor, and had done most of the shooting, and were the only targets in the violence. The violence was centered around Tower Eight. Authorities gained final control of the prison around 1530 hrs today.

  • The leader of a drug cartel faction were busted in Parral, Chihuahua Wednesday, according to Mexican news reports.

    Isidro Rubio Ibarra, alias Mi Niño, was arrested while driving a stolen white Jeep Cherokee by elements of Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional ( SEDENA ). Also seized were eight kilos of marijuana, one AK47, one .40 caliber pistol and more than 8,000 pesos.

    Rubio Ibarra headed the group "Gente Nueva", which worked for "Chapo" Guzmän".

  • Four unidentified students were massacred in a park late Wednesday night in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, according to La Polaka, the Juarez, Mexico news daily. An armed suspect fired a weapon in the Unidad Emiliano Zapata park on Soriana San Lorenzo street where several students had congregated. Several more students were wounded in the attack.

  • An unidentified woman dressed as a business executive, was found shot to death in Juarez early Thursday morning. The corpse was found near the intersection of Monterrey and Acapulco streets in the Melchor Ocampo district of Juarez.

    The woman was shot four times, twice in the head. Investigators said she was about 25 years old.

  • An unidentified man in his 30s was found shot to death Thursday morning in Juarez, say Mexican news accounts. The victim was found behind the library near the intersection of Arroyo de las Víboras and Begonias streets in the Felipe Ãngeles district. Investigators said he was shot with a 9mm weapon.

  • Two unidentified men were killed in separate incidents in Juarez, according to Mexican news reports. A man was performing minor maintenance on his Cadillac near the intersection of Capulín and Zaragoza streets when he was shot several timer point blank in the head by a man riding in a green colored vehicle.

    Another man, a mechanic by trade, was walking to his home for lunch on Juan de la Barrera street in the Melchor Ocampo district of Juarez when he was shot by a man riding aboard an SUV. His corpse was covered with a multicolored blanket.

  • Three minors were shot to death by elements of the Mexican Army on a highway in Tamaulipas, say Mexican news reports. Daniel Hernändez, 13, a student of Secundaria Mujica; Cesar Alejandro Cuellar, 15, and Eduardo Cuellar, 17 were shot as they rode in a Dodge Ram pickup truck on the Reynosa to Nuevo Laredo highway.

    The students were from Estación Anzalduaz, a farming community in the Gustavo Díaz Ordaz municipality in Tamaulipas. Authorities announced they were investigating why the shooting took place and if more than just the three were in the truck when it was attacked.
Posted by:badanov

#5  inmates at the CERESO prison at San Guillermo in Juarez were armed with assault rifles and had body armor, and had done most of the shooting

Am I the only one that finds it disturbing that inmates inside a prison are equipped with assault rifles and body armor?
Posted by: Frozen Al   2010-06-04 11:16  

#4  ...do not attempt this at home. Done by a non-professional driver on a closed course. May result in voiding insurance in Wisconsin, Massachusetts, and Minnesota.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2010-06-04 09:16  

#3  I demand UN investigation.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2010-06-04 03:08  

#2  Unlikely the first time a driver of any race or either gender has wreaked havoc while drunk.

Unlikely the last, either; sealed border or not...
Posted by: badanov   2010-06-04 00:52  

#1  And when the Meskins get over here, they either drive to slow so they won't get caught or they get drunk and loose way too much of their inhibitions. It's "mucho loco on el streetes."



Dallas Observer
A good Friend of Unfair Park, through a friend of a friend of a friend, just shot us this extraordinary video captured early yesterday morning at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Took place at the north toll plaza, which served as a launching ramp for one drunk driver trying to exit the airport in a hurry. DFW spokesman David Magana confirms: "The driver was, as you might guess, suspected of inebriation and investigated for such and arrested for such."

We also have fiery post-crash pics after the jump -- because after the driver went all General Lee, she got out and made a call on her cell, at which point the vehicle went boom. Hard to believe the "driver only suffered minor injuries," as Magana puts it. Oh -- and the toll-booth operator wasn't injured at all.

Update at 11:37 a.m. Thursday: The driver's name is Yasmine Villasana.
Posted by: Suburban Gringo   2010-06-04 00:43  

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