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| 9 Bad Guys Die in Durango |
| 2011-03-04 |
| For a map, click here. For a map of Durango, click here. A total of nine individuals were killed in an intergang shootout in far western Durango Wednesday, according to Mexican press accounts. The gunfight took place in the village of Las Bayas in the Pueblo Nuevo municipality Wednesday, which is due west of the capital Durango, Durango. Mexico Highway 40 from Durango, Durango to Mazatlan, Sinaloa, passes through the region. A local prosecutor said officials found two burned out trucks and at least three dead individuals dressed in military style clothing. The death toll could be higher if the Mexican drug gang Los Zetas were involved, since it is their practice to recover their dead in shootouts. Officials found no weapons in any of the bodies suggesting the victims who died at the scene were stripped of their weapons before they were found. The shooting is the second shooting incident since February 26th when 3 unidentified men were killed by armed suspects in the village of Benito Juarez in the Nuevo Ideal municipality in western Durango. Western Durango is a known drug growing region. Two other shooting incidents have taken place in western Durango since last fall. To read about the other three incidents in western Durango, click here and follow the links. |
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