14 Die in Northern Mexico
Fourteen individuals were murdered in northern Mexican states including two Chihuahua municipal police officers shot to death Tuesday night.
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- Two unidentified men in their 20s were found shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Tuesday night, say Mexican news accounts. The victims were found near the intersection of calles Rio Nilo and Rio Paraguay in the Riberas de Sacramento colony tortured, gagged with rags and hands bound with nylon cord. At the scene were found 12 9mm spent shell casings.
- Two Chihuahua municipal police officers were shot to death and a third wounded in an attack late Tuesday in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, according to Mexican news reports. The attack took place near the intersection of calles Agustin Melgar and Tecnologico in the northern zone. Victor Ruiz Jimenez and Jesus Sifuentes Acevedo died at the scene when armed suspects riding aboard a Ford or GMC SUV open fired on the three officers who had dismounted their patrol vehicles. Several spent .223 caliber and AK-47 rounds were found at the scene.
- Two unidentified women were found shot to death in Juarez Wednesday morning, say Mexican news accounts. The victim were killed near the corner of calles Hidalgo and Guadalupe Victoria in the Valles de Juarez colony, shot 14 times using assault weapons. Their bodies were dumped at the scene.
- An unidentified man was shot to death late Wednesday night in Juarez, according to Mexican news accounts. The victim was found gagged and his feet bound with tape near the intersection of calles Monte Mayor and Camino Viejo. A message was left with the victim which said, "Merry Christmas, pigs."
- Two unidentified men were shot to death and a thrid was wounded in an attack in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Thursday afternoon, say Mexican news accounts. The shooting took place at a used car lot near the corner of avenidas Francisco Villa and Republica de Colombia in the Panamericana colony. One of the victims died at the scene while the other died while on the way to receiving medical attention.
- A former inmate at a Hermosillo, Sonora prison was shot to death only moments after his released Thursday night, say Mexican news accounts.Rafael Quijada Quijada, 37, has only driven 100 meters aboard a Volkswagen Jetta outside the gates of Centro de Readaptacion Social Numero 1 (CERESO) when armed suspects traveling aboard two SUVs shot and killed him. Reports say Quijada resisted an abduction attempt and that was why he was shot.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death in Tijuana, Baja California Thursday night, say Mexican news accounts. The victim was found inside a sedan parked outside of a grocery store in Cañón K colony in the Zona Centro.
- Two unidentified individuals were found shot in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora Thursday night, say Mexican news sources. The victims were found inside a residence near the intersection of Avenida Lazaro Cárdenas and Calle 41st. Reports say several heavily armed individuals stormed the home and shot to pair to death. Reports also say the shooting was a settling of scores, although the information was not elaborated on.
- A man was found shot to death in Torreon, Coahuila, say Mexican news accounts. Fausto Avalos, 46, was found in a cemetery at the Ejido Flores Magon. farm with single gunshot wound to the head and his body mutilated.
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