16 Die in Chihuahua
Sixteen individuals were murdered in drug and gang related violence in the Mexican state of Chihuahua including three Juarez police officers killed in three separate crimes Friday and Saturday.
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- Six members of a family were shot to death late Friday night in Juarez, according to Mexican news reports. The shooting took place at a residence near the corner of calle Porfirio Diaz and Saltillo in the Melchor district, where an armed group burst into a house party and began firing. Four died at the scene while two others died receiving medical attention.
- A man was shot to death at a mall in Juarez Friday, according to Mexican news accounts. Arnulfo Ortega was shot near the intersection of Avenida de los Aztecas and Bulevar Zaragoza in the Moderna district.
- An unidentified an was shot to death near a S-Mart store in Juarez late Friday night, say Mexican press sources. The victim was driving his Dodge Caravan on Anillo Envolvente in the PRONAF district when he was shot, and then crashed his vehicle. Reports say 9mm and .40 caliber weapons were used in the attack.
- A Juarez municipal police sergeant was shot to death in Juarez, according to Mexican news accounts. Sargento Humberto Avila Ortiz was taken from his Acura sedan on his drive home following his shift near the intersection of Avenida Santiago Troncos and Calle Puerto Obaldia and shot by armed suspects.
- Four unidentified individuals were murdered in three separate crimes in Juarez Saturday, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka. A man was found shot to death and lying in the street near the intersection of calles Nueva Zelandia and Bulgaria in the Infonavit Aeropuerto district. In a second crime a man was shot more than 100 times with an AK-47 at a residence on the corner of Atlas and 40 Ejidatarios in the Rincones de Salvarcar district. Finally, two women were found dead, hands bound and heads gagged with a plastic bag.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death on a remote highway south of Chihuahua, Chihuahua Saturday, say Mexican new reports. The victim was near baseballs fields on the Chihuahua-Carrizalillo highway shot numerous times.
- Two Juarez municipal police officers were shot to death in two separate crimes in Juarez Saturday, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka. Rodolfo Jaramillo, 38, was shot near the corner of Calle Sorgo and Avenida de Las Torres. The victim was assigned to the Estacion BabÃÂcora. A second unidentified police officer was shot at his residence on the corner of Praxedis G. Duran and Francisco Villa in the Constituyentes district in front of two children.
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