8 Die in Northern Mexico Violence
Eight individuals were murdered in northern Mexican drugand gang violence which included a bank cashier wounded in a bank robbery in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Friday.
- An unidentified man was shot to death Friday afternoon, according to Mexican news reports. The victim was washing his Volkswagen Jetta near the intersection of calle Bario and Hidalgo.
- An unidentified cashier at a Chihuahua, Chihuahua bank was wounded in a bank robbery Friday afternoon, say Mexican press accounts. Five armed suspects burst into the lobby of the BBVA Bancomer on boulevard Juan Pablo II near closing time, shouting and caused an apparently commotion which led to shots fired and a bank cashier being wounded. The robbers got away with an undisclosed amount of cash.
- An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Friday night, according to Mexican news sources. The victim was shot near the corner of calles 16 de Septiembre and Circonio in the Durango colony just outside an auto parts store by armed suspects riding in a sedan.
- Three individuals were shot to death early Saturday morning in two separate crimes, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka. Near the intersection of calles CTM and Uramex in the Fidel Velazquez colony, a man and a woman were shot to death aboard their Jeep Cherokee. An unidentified bystander was wounded by stray gunfire in the same shooting. Near the corner of callas Isaac Newton and La Raza, an unidentified individual was shot eight times with a 9mm weapon.
- An unidentified man was shot to death in front of his home in Juarez Saturday, say Mexican press accounts. Armed suspects apparently came to the victim's residence near the corner of calle Pedro Coronel and Humariza in the Parajes del Sol colony, calling him out by name and then shooting him dead when he appeared outside.
- Two unidentified women were found shot to death in Monterrey early Saturday morning, according to Mexican news reports. The victims were found near the intersection of calles Prolongacion Reforma and Martires de Chicago in the Pablo A. de la Garza colony with several spent .45 caliber casings at the scene. A message was also left stating the women were associated with a criminal gang.
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