15 Die in Northern Mexico
A total of fifteen individuals were murdered in drug and gang violence in northern Mexican states including three men who were shot and beheaded and the mayor of Santiago, Nuevo Leon, found dead this morning.
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- An unidentified man was found shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, say Mexican press reports. The find was made near a vacant lot in the Rinconada de Oriente district.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death and immolated aboard a vehicle in an exclusive neighborhood of Juarez Thursday, say Mexican press accounts. The discovery was made in the Champs Elysees district where the victim was found aboard a Chevrolet sedan
- An unidentified dead man was found tortured and gagged in Juarez Tuesday night, say Mexican press reports. The victim was found near the intersection of calles Isaac Newton and Prolongacion Insurgentes in the Habitacional Emiliano Zapata district tortured, his head wrapped in tape and his pants pulled down, and his hands and feet bound.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death near Chihuahua, Chihuahua, say Mexican press accounts. The victim was found on Km. Marker 12 on the Juarez-Chihuahua highway, hands and feet bound, and shot several times.
- A man was found shot to death in a village near Juarez, say Mexican news reports. Ruben Reyes Salazar de 49, was found near the highway that leads through Valles de Juarez. The victim had been shot numerous times with an AK-47 assault rifle. Investigators at the scene found 19 spent cartridge casings.
- An unidentified man was shot to death at a residence in Juarez Monday evening, say Mexican news accounts. The attack took place on Calle Armonia in the Nuevo Triunfo district where a number of armed suspects pursued the victim into a home and killed him.
- A man was shot to death in Juarez Wednesday afternoon, say Mexican press reports. The attack took place near the intersection of calles Tecnologico and Morelia in front of a butcher's shop where two men riding aboard a Chevrolet pickup truck were attacked by armed suspects. The victim attempted to flee the attack, but instead crashed his vehicle.
- An unidentified man was shot to death at a repair shop in Juarez, say Mexican news accounts. The attack took place near the intersection of calles José Elias and Ambrosio Figueroa in the Francisco I Madero district where two armed suspects appeared out of nowhere to shoot and kill the victim.
- A woman was shot to death in Juarez Wednesday afternoon, say Mexican press reports. Araceli Arenas Olivas, 44, was shot near the intersection of calles Benito Juarez and Vicente Guerrero in the Morelos Zaragoza district by armed suspects with 9mm pistols. Witnesses say the men arrived at the location aboard a Ford Explorer.
- A man was shot to death in Nogales, Sonora Tuesday night, say Mexican press reports. Édgar Fragoso Montante, 30, died from wounds from an AK-47 assault rifle attack at a residence on Calle Simon Bolivar in the Bolivar district. He was shot several times in his torso.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death in Apodaca, Nuevo Leon early Wednesday morning, say Mexican press reports. The shooting took place near the intersection of calles Hortensia and Jacaranda in the Hacienda Las Golondrinas district. Apodaca is a community within the larger metropolitan city of Monterrey. The victim was apparently attempting to board his Nissan light truck when he was struck with a bullet in his head.
- Three unidentified men were found tortured, shot to death and beheaded in Los Ramones, Nuevo Leon late Tuesday night, say Mexican press accounts. Los Ramones is halfway between Monterrey and Reynosa. The victims were found by a bridge near the highway. Their severed heads were found nearby. A message was found with the victims.
- The body of an abducted mayor in Nuevo Leon was found this morning, say Mexican news reports. Mayor of Santiago Edelmiro Leal Cavazos, 40, was abducted by a large group of armed suspects from his home in Santiago, Nuevo Leon two days ago. His body was found on the road leading to Cola de Caballo in Santiago municipality. Reports do not say how he was killed. He was found bandaged and handcuffed.
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