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Caribbean-Latin America
More Mexican Mayhem
2010-07-28
Nine Die in Northern Mexico

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Nine individuals died in ongoing drug and gang violence in northern Mexico which included the murder of a cousin of Chihuahua governor-elect Cesar Duarte.
  • An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Monday afternoon, according to Mexican press reports.

    The assault took place in the Quintas Montecarlo district on Avenida Imperio at the Juärez exit. The shooters were riding aboard a Dodge Caravan, and they fled along with at least two other vehicles after the shooting.

  • Five unidentified men were shot to death in three separate crimes Monday night, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka. Two brothers were shot to death near the intersection of calles Durango and Oaxaca in the Morelos II district by a lone gunman firing a revolver. George and Antonio Ramírez Orozco died at the scene and were identified by their father.

    Thee men were shot to death in southern Juarez in two separate crimes in the Hacienda de las Torres Universidad district.

  • A man said to be the cousin of Chihuahua Governor-elect Cesar Duarte was murdered in Parral, Chihuahua Monday, say Mexican press reports. Alberto Porras Duarte was shot in front of law offices he had with partners in Parral, in southern Chihuahua. Cesar Duarte is currently on vacation in Japan.

  • A man was shot to death in Empalme, Sonora Sunday, according to Mexican press reports. Javier Martin Rodriguez, 27, was shot near the intersection of calles Reforma and Nicoläs Bravo, when a group of armed suspects riding a Dodge Nitro hunted the victim down and killed him. Investigators at the scene say AR-15 assault rifles were used in the attack.

  • An unidentified man as shot to death in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Tuesday night, say Mexican press reports. The assault took place near the intersection of calles Elvira Rentería and Medallones in the Alfonso Reyes district in front of a grocery store. witesses say the shooters were aboard four vans with tinted windows.
Posted by:badanov

#2  During the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, a whole bunch of American revolutionary radicals went down there hoping to start riots and chaos, joining Mexican radicals intent on the same.

(The following removes the 'Dept of Truthiness' efforts to portray the radicals as harmless and just minding their own business. Yeah, and William Ayers was just an 'activist', too.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlatelolco_massacre

"The government massacre took place during the afternoon and night of October 2, 1968, in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in the Tlatelolco section of Mexico City. The violence occurred ten days before the 1968 Summer Olympics celebrations in Mexico City.

"Estimates of the death toll range from thirty to a thousand, with eyewitnesses reporting hundreds of dead. According to the reports of the head of the Federal Directorate of Security 1345 people were arrested on October 2.

"About 10,000 people had assembled for a demonstration. Around 6:30 P.M., 5,000 soldiers, 200 tanks and trucks surrounded the plaza. Witnesses to the event claim that the bodies were first removed in ambulances and later military officials came and piled up bodies, not knowing if they were dead or alive, into the military trucks."

This was how the PRI prevented a possible civil war in Mexico. Likely, if PRI returns to power, they might be a tad more forceful about the drug cartels. Right now, PRI controls the lower house, but PAN controls the upper chamber.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2010-07-28 14:28  

#1  First report I recall in a while with murder count only in single digits.
Posted by: Glenmore   2010-07-28 07:29  

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