11 Die in Chihuahua
A total of eleven individuals lost their lives in ongoing drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico, which included five individuals shot at a wake in Juarez, Chihuahua.
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- A young man was shot to death Monday evening in northern Juarez, according to Mexican press reports. Ricardo MartÃÂnez Duran, 21, was shot by individuals firing from a moving car in the 16 de Septiembre district. He died before he arrived at the hospital.
- Two unidentified men were shot to death in Juarez Monday night, according to Mexican news accounts. The pair were dumped in front of the Jardines Eternos cemetery on the Camino Viejo-San José road. The men were bound by their hands and feet, and both had messages written on their backs.
- Five men were shot to death, including a state police agent, in Juarez Tuesday afternoon, according to Mexican press accounts. A wake was being held at the Satellite Funeraria near the intersection of calles Neptuno and Fidel Avila in the Satellite district when armed suspects burst inside and shot the five to death. Gutierrez Nicolas Quintana, owner, and his sons Ivan Quintana and Ramon Quintana Alejandro Gutierrez, as well as ministerial agent Octavio Aragon, and an unidentified employee all died in the assault. National reports say more than 100 rounds were fired. Those same reports also say the attack took place because the owner reported an extortion attempt by criminal gangs.
- An unidentified man in his 20s was shot to death Tuesday in Juarez, say Mexican new reports. The attack took place at a rented residence near the intersection of calles Ixcateopan and Tixtla in the Galeana district where armed suspects shot the victim six times. Reports indicate a Ford Explorer stationed outside the residence had discharged armed suspects prior to the murder.
- Two unidentified men were shot to death at a residence in Juarez, say Mexican press reports. An unidentified six year old child told authorities that about ten armed suspects riding aboard a couple of vehicles shot the pair with AK-47 assault rifles. The assault took place at the end of Calle ZuvirÃÂa Facundo in the Villas del Sur district.
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