12 Die in Northern Mexico
A total of 12 individuals were murdered in drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico including a Chihuahua police commander shot Thursday.
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- Two individuals were shot to death at a Denny's restaurant in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Wednesday. Elias Coon and Alejadro Urueño Perez, 36, were shot by armed suspects using AK-47 assault rifles. Elias Coon is the son of a Delicias city councilman Alicia Coon.
- An unidentified taco stand owner was shot to death in Juarez Wednesday. Armed suspects approached the Bunche Bunche taco stand near the intersection of avenidas Gomez Morin and Portico near the Plaza Sendero shopping mall and shot the owner after demanding money.
- A Chihuahua police commander was shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua early Friday morning. Comandante Marco Muñoz Rodriguez was driving his Ford Lobo pickup truck near the corner of calles La Juventud and Francisco Villa when he was attacked. Muñoz Rodriguez returned fire with his attackers for several meters before he lost control and overturned his vehicle. Several AK-47 and AR-15 spent shell casings were found at the scene
- Three unidentified individuals were shot to death and three others were wounded at a workshop in Juarez Friday. Armed suspects entered the shop near the junction of calles Soneto 156 and Juana Romero in the Olivia Espinoza colony firing assault rifles at the occupants inside. Two victims died at the scene while a third died later at a public medical clinic.
- Two unidentified individuals were shot and wounded in Juarez Friday. The victims were fired on as they were riding in a sedan, and then were pursued by their attackers after they abandoned their vehicle near the intersection of calles Miñaca and Oscar Flores in Acacias colony.
- A man was shot several times in the head in Juarez Friday. Ernesto Ceniceros, 35, was shot in front of his home near the intersection of calles Oro and Hospital. The victim was last reported to be in a coma.
- One unidentified man was shot to death a and another was wounded in a shooting in Juarez Friday. Armed suspects came to a residence near the corner of calles Popocatepetl and Tecamatzin in the Real colony and started shooting.
- Two unidentified teenagers were shot an wounded in an apparent armed robbery attempt in Hermosillo, Sonora Thursday. An armed suspect attempted to rob the victim near a store near the intersection of calles San José de Moradillas and Adelina Saenz in the Las Minitas colony. Both victims are expected to survive their wounds.
- Two unidentified men were found shot to death near Puerto Penasco, Sonora Thursday. The victims were found on Kilometer 10 of the Puerto Peñasco-Caborca highway aboard their Toyota pickup truck.
- Two men were shot to death in Tijuana Thursday night. Rafael Adeli Chaidez, 24, and José Ramon Lopez Dominguez, 24. were shot in Las Torres colony by armed suspects using AK-47 assault rifles. A total of 26 spent shell casings were found at the scene of the crime.
- Three individuals were shot and wounded in Torreon, Coahuila in three separate firearm attacks Thursday.
- Alfredo Saucedo Guillen, 23, was changing a tire on his pickup truck in Eduardo Guerra colony when he was fired on and wounded.
- Ricardo Javier Carrillo Heredia, 28, was shot while going to a grocery store in the Alamedas colony.
- Javier Guerra Morales, 17, was shot and wounded in ejido Aguanaval, Matamoros municipality. The victim said armed suspects riding aboard a Chevrolet Suburban fired the shots which wounded him.
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