Ten Dead in Northern Mexican Violence
Ten people were killed on drug or gang related violence including two Juarez municipal police officers, a Chihuahua state police agent and a Mexican Federal agent in three separate shootings.
- A husband and wife pair of Juarez police officers were shot to death Monday afternoon, say Mexican news reports. Ivonne Martinez Lopez and Francisco Javier Quintana were shot aboard their Mercury sedan near their home near the intersection of calle Mitla and Avenida Las Torres. The two had just finished their shift when they were caught by an unidentified gunman and shot.
- A police agent with the Chihuahua state attorney generals office was shot to death early Tuesday morning in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, according to Mexican news accounts. Luis David Guerra Sanchez with the Chihuahua ProcuradurÃÂa General de Justicia del Estado (PGJE) was shot aboard his official Dodge Ram pickup truck near his home near the intersection of calles Franklin and O'Higgins in the Unidad Chihuahua district as he was leaving for work.
Investigators at the scene found numerous spent cartridges casings from assault weapons.
- A partially identified Mexican Federal agent and his girlfriend were shot to death Tuesday morning in Juarez, say Mexican news accounts. The agent was identified only by his first name Raul had just returned from Mexico City to Juarez to visit his girlfriend, Erika Paola RenterÃÂa, 37. Ms Rentaria was just entering the agent's car when the two were struck with bullets fired by unidentified armed suspects.
- Four unidentified men were shot to death in front of a bar in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, according to Mexican news reports. The shooting took place at the Blackberry bar near the intersection of calles Vallarta and Zaragoza. Witnesses say a group of armed suspects riding in a black pickup truck drove by shooting at the men using AK-47 assault rifles. The street was already crowded with business patrons on the street when the assault took place, nearby businesses including a grocery story and a movie theater.
One of the four Mexican Federal agents ambushed Sunday died on the way to the hospital. His death places the death toll at ten. |