15 Die in Northern Mexico
Fifteen individuals were murdered in northern Mexico in ongoing drug and gang violence which included the shooting of a sectional mayor and his son in Juarez, and three men shot in the commission of an armed robbery.
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- An unidentified man was found shot to death on a highway in Chihuahua early Saturday morning, say Mexican news accounts. The victim was found on Kilometer 8 of the Juarez-Chihuahua city highway near Cuervas de Pericos bound, gagged and shot several times.Several 9mm spent shell casings were found at the scene.
- Three men were shot to death and an unidentified woman was wounded in a shootout Friday evening in Parral, Chihuahua, say Mexican news accounts. The shootout took place on the San Antonio de las Huertas district at about the same time newly inaugurated governor Cesar Duarte was in town at a dedication ceremony. Two of the victims are identified as Juan Amaya, 28, and Joel Alfredo Rodriguez, 40. Several spent shell casings for AK-47 assault rifles and 9mm weapons were found at the scene.
- A sectional mayor of Praxedis and his son were both shot to death Sunday morning in Juarez, according to Mexican news accounts. Rito Grado Serrano, 56, and his son, Rito Grado Villa, 35, were both shot more than 60 times at their residence near the intersection of calles Puerto Marsella and Puerto Estrella in the Tierra Nueva 2 district. Serrano was to leave office November 1st.
- Two unidentified motorcyclists were shot to death in Juarez Sunday, say Mexican press accounts. The attack took place at a stoplight on the corner of calles Municipio Libre and Carlos Amaya in La Chaveña district where an armed group pulled up to the pair and fired ten shots.
- An man was shot to death and his girlfriend was wounded in an armed attack in Juarez Sunday afternoon, say Mexican news accounts. Jesus Silva, 20 was shot aboard his Dodge Intrepid near the intersection of calles Bravo Adams and Maximo Castillo in the Revolucion Mexicana district.
- Three men were shot to death in a botched armed robbery attempt near Huatabampo, Sonora early Saturday morning. Six unidentified armed suspects arrived at the ejido Insurgentes at about 1000 hrs intending to seize cash normally distributed in a Mexican Federal poverty program known as Oportunidades. Huatabampo municipal police officer Roberto Arana Cruz was killed along with Jesus Perez Marquez who was apparently the paymaster. An unidentified third man died in the crossfire. The suspects escaped without the cash towards Sinaloa aboard a pickup truck. Huatabampo is 34 kilometers southwest of Navojoa via Sonora State Highway 56.
- A Sonoran state police commander was abducted late Friday night in Ciudad Obregon, say Mexican news accounts. Ramiro Camacho Medina was taken near his home in Ciudad Obregon by a group of armed suspects traveling aboard a convoy of two vehicles. Medina was a commander in the Sonora PolicÃÂa Estatal Investigadora (PEI) in Ciudad Obregon.
- A man recently released from prison was shot to death in Torreon, Coahuila Friday afternoon, say Mexican news accounts. Carlos Alberto Molina Salas, 20, was shot by unidentified armed suspects in the Carolinas district. Molina Salas had been released from prison in July for aggravated robbery. A second victim, Raul Gonzalez Reyes, 55 , was also shot in the same incident but apparently did not require hospitalization.
- A teenager was shot to death Saturday night in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon, say Mexican news accounts. Jose Alberto Garcia Ontiveros, 17, was shot near the intersection of calles Jalisco and Laguna de Asensio by an armed suspect.
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