13 Die in Northern Mexico
Thirteen individuals were murdered in northern Mexico, victims of ongoing drug and gang related violence which included an ongoing campaign of violence against Mexican Federal police forces in Juarez, Chihuahua, and an armed confrontation between rival gangs which took the life of a civilian near Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.
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- Mexican Federal agents suffered a fifth attack since Sunday night Tuesday evening in Juarez, according to Mexican press reports. Armed suspects shot at the Hotel Continental which is used as a headquarters for Mexican Federal police in Juarez at about 1700 hrs, on calle Ignacio de la Peña. One unidentified agent and one unidentified civilian female were wounded in the attack. Nearby unknown persons left "narcograffiti" warning on a wall at the Leyes de Reforma school near the intersection of calles Jesus Escobar and Division del Norte. Mexican federal agents had been under threat of further attack since last month's car bombing with repeated warnings scrawled on walls around Juarez expressing the threats.
- Three unidentified individuals were shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Tuesday evening, say Mexican news reports. The assault took place near the intersection of calles Orquideas and Claveles in the Campesina district where armed suspects riding aboard a Ford Lobo pickup fired on two men and a woman. The trio attempted to flee aboard a Chrysler PT Cruiser but failed and died in the streets.
- An unidentified woman in her 20s was found shot to death near Chihuahua, Chihuahua, according to Mexican press accounts. The find was made on a dirt road near Rancho de Enmedio and Tabalaopa. Police think the victim was kidnapped earlier in the day from Chihuahua city.
- Armed suspects riding in a convoy of more than five vehicles attacked a farmhouse using fragmentary hand grenades near northern Chihuahua, Chihuahua Tuesday evening, say Mexican press accounts. Witnesses said a number of people had been hiding near the house, and when authorities arrived to investigate, seven suspects were arrested.
- Two unidentified men were shot to death in two separate crimes in Juarez Wednesday, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka. The first urder took place at a traffic light at the intersection of calles Rivera Lara y Oscar Flores where a man driving a Ford Focus attempted to escape an attack by an armed suspect with a rifle. The second murder took place at a junkyard on calle Zapotecas in the Aztecas district where a man was shot in ambush.
- Two men were found murdered in two separate crimes in Juarez Wednesday according to the Mexican daily La Polaka. The first man was found near then intersection of calles Libramiento Independencia and Puerto de Palos decapitated with his hands and feet bound with a message written on cardboard. The second victim was found floating in a canal near calle Ejercito Nacional and had also been bound by his hands and feet and gagged with tape.
- A confrontation between armed suspects has left an unidentified man dead and another wounded near Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon, say Mexican press reports. The battle took place at Km Marker 13 of the Allende-Cadereyta road east of Monterrey early Wednesday morning. Competing armed groups monitoring the section of the road fired upon the van carrying the victims. The attack ceased when a Mexican Army patrol arrived on the scene. Police also recovered three stolen vehicles at the scene: a Toyota Sport Runner, a GMC Sierra pickup truck and a Ford Lobo pickup truck.
- Four unidentified individuals were shot to death in three separate crimes in Tijuana Baja California, according to the Mexican narcocrime blog Nota Roja.
The José LuÃÂs Garibay Molina was shot in the head Monday night near his home on calle Francisco Mujica in the Jardines del Rubi district by an unidentified suspect using a .38 Special revolver. Two unidentified victims were found shot to death on Avenida Del Coyote in the La Cuestecita district by armed suspects using .45 and 9mm weapons. A third victim was found wounded in the same encounter. A fourth victim was found shot to death near the intersection of Cañón Abedul and Los Pinos in the La Presa district. He has been shot with a .357 Magnum pistol. A message was left saying the murder was a settlement of accounts.
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