16 Die in Northern Mexico
A total of 16 individuals were murderd in ongoing drug and gang related violence in northern Mexican states, including a Juarez, Chihuahua police commander assassinated Tuesday.
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- An unidentified man was shot to death Tuesday morning in Juarez, according to Mexican news accounts. The victim was at his residence on calle Sanchez in the La Chaveña colony whe armed suspects shot him.
- Two unidentified men were shot to death in Juarez Tuesday morning, according to Mexican press accounts. The victims were having a conversation near the corner of calles Soneto 152 and Ferriz in the Olivia Espinoza colony when armed suspects shot them and then fled the scene.
- An unidentified woman said to be an American citizen was shot to death in Juarez Tuesday, say Mexican news accounts. The victim was reportedly doing some paperwork from the American consulate when she was shot. The shooting too place near the intersection of calles Pitaya and Jilotepec in the Infonavit Ampliación Aeropuerto colony. reports also indicate an abduction may have also taken place.
- An unidentified owner of a tire shop and two other unidentified men were shot to death Tuesday in Juarez, say Mexican news accounts. The attack took place at the Chiquita tire shop on calle Asbesto in the Morelos colony.
- Two unidentified individuals were killed and two others were wounded in two separate crimes in Juarez, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka. A victim wasking along a road near the intersection of calles Zafra and Miguel de la Madrid was shot by armed suspects. In the second crime, armed suspects shot at three men near the corner of calles Libia and Indonesia in the Campestre Virreyes colony, killing one and wounding two others.
- A Juarez police commander was shot to death Wednesday in Juarez, according to Mexican press accounts. Comandante Alvaro Gilberto Torres Ramirez, Coordinador Operativo de Estacion Benito Juárez was shot while driving his Lincoln Continental sedan near the intersection of calles Jilotepec and Michoacan. Reports say AK-47 assault rifles were used in the assault. Torres Ramirez had seven years with the Juarez police corporation.
- A former Sonora state police agent was shot to death Monday, according to Mexican news reports. Fernando Estrada Valverde, 28, was shot aboard his Ford Explorer SUV at about 0130 hrs ion the Jorge Valdez Muñoz de Hermosillo colony shortly after he left a quinceañera party. Reports say armed suspects aboard a Nissan Sentra open fired on Estrada Valverde hitting him five times. The victim was fired from the Sonora PolicÃÂa Estatal Investigadora (PEI) three years ago more than thafter testing positive for drug use.
- Two unidentified individuals were shot to death in Tijuana, according to Mexican news accounts. One of the victims was found shot several times in the head in a van in the El Dorado colony, the La Presa delegation, while the other was found nearby.
- Two unidentified individuals were shot to death in Nogales, Sonora Monday afternoon, according to Mexican news reports. The incident took place at a restaurant near the intersection of Calle del Embovedado and Avenidas Alvaro Obregon where armed suspects entered the eating establishment and escaped after killing the victims and kidnapping two others.
- One man was shot to death and three others were wounded in an apparently drive-by shooting in Torreon, Coahuila Tuesday, say Mexican news accounts. Jorge Salomón Aguilar, 26, died of his wounds while Victor Manuel Rodriguez Moreno, 14, Gonzalo Arturo, 16 years and Erasmo Alejandro Torres were wounded. The shooting took place near the intersection of Avenida Libertad and Calle Benito Juárez in the Aquiles Serdan colony where armed suspects riding in an SUV fired on the four.
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