15 Die in Northern Mexico
A total of 15 individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico which included a triple shooting in Monterrey, Nuevo leon.
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- A man was shot to death Sunday evening in Juarez, say Mexican news reports. Two individuals were on foot near the intersection of Boulevard Zaragoza between Eje Vial and Calle Oscar Flores in south Juarez where armed suspects riding in a vehicle shot and killed one of the victims, and wounded the other.
- Eight individuals were murdered Sunday night and Monday morning in Juarez, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka. Three unidentified men were found strangled to death aboard a Jaguar sedan with Texas plates near the intersection of Camino Real and Calle Anapra. The trio were all shot but they died by strangulation. Three individuals on foot were shot death near the intersection of Avenida Las Torres and Calle De la O by a single armed suspect. An unidentified individual was shot to death aboard his Jeep Patriot near the intersection of Avenida Tecnologico and Calle Aguacaliente. Lastly, an individual was found dead and partially naked in the Fidel Avila district.
- An unidentified individual was found murdered and wrapped in a blanket in Juarez, according to Mexican press reports. The find was made Monday morning in the Aldama district.
- An unidentified man in his 20s was found shot to death in Nogales, Sonora Sunday evening, according to Mexican press accounts. The victim was found on Calle Pirgos in the the Greco district about 200 meters from the US Consolate. The victim had been shot with an AR-15 assault rifle and a 9mm weapon, probably a pistol.
- Three young men were shot to death Sunday night in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, according to Mexican press accounts. Jesse and Cristian Gonzalez Rangel, both 20, and Angel Robles, 17, were shot to death Sunday evening near the intersection of calles de La Hacienda and Paseo del Cortijo in the Fomerrey 45 district by several armed suspects riding in a convoy which included a Dodge Durango SUV and a Chevrolet pickup truck. A fourth individual, Johnny Rangel Silva, 14, was also shot, but is expected to recover.
- A man was found shot to death in Juarez Monday afternoon, according to Mexican press reports. The shooting took place near the intersection of calles Camilo Cienfuegos and Santa Clara in the Che Guevara district where the victim was found laying street.
From the Hung-Up-On-Crime Department
A young thief had to be rescued by police from angry villagers in Oaxaca in Mexico, after a they hanged him from his feet in punishment for his alleged crimes, say Mexican press accounts.
Ismael Lopez Hernandez, 17, of the village Santa Cruz Xoxocotlan, was somehow detained by irate villagers who proceeded to hang him by his feet and threaten to burn him alive for stealing a cell phone from a minor.
Villagers had him hanging in a church courtyard for hours constantly being threatened with immolation until police negotiated his release in exchange for reinforced patrols in the area. |
