24 Die in Northern Mexico
A total of 24 individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico, including ten unidentified individuals shot to death at a bar in Juarez Thursday night.
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- Ten unidentified individuals were shot to death at a bar in Juarez late Thursday night. Reports say eight were shot and died inside the Castillo bar near the intersection of calles Ramon Rayon and Benito Juarez.
- An unidentified man was shot to death and immolated in Juarez Friday morning. The victim was found at 0800 hrs on calle Mamut in the Märmol colony inside a GMC pickup truck, still smouldering from the fire.
- Three unidentified men and a 10 year old by were shot to death in Juarez Friday morning. The attack took place at a burrito stand near Placita Zaragona on Calle Ramon Rayon. Two of the victims were reportedly local distributors of Tecate beer in Juarez.
- Two unidentified men were shot to death in two separate incidents in Juarez Friday.
- A street vendor was shot to death near the corner of Avenida Santiago Troncoso and Bulevar Independencia. The victim attempted to flee the attack on foot before he was shot.
- An unidentified man was shot to death near Placita de Arriba in the Zaragoza colony. The victim was working at the Morelos bakery when he was shot.
- An unidentified Juarez municipal police officer was shot and critically wounded in Juarez Friday evening. The officer was on patrol at the Centro Historico in downtown Juarez when he was shot.
- A private security guard was shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Friday afternoon. VÃÂctor Perez Marquez, 52, was a security guard at a shopping center near the intersection of Avenida Politecnico Nacional and Periferico de la Juventud, where he was shot.
- An unidentified man was shot to death at his residence in Juarez Friday evening. The victim was at his home near the intersection of calles Tamaulipas and Gallegos in the Pancho Villa colony when he was killed. About 40 AK-47 assault rifle spent cartridges were found at he scene.
- An unidentified man was shot to death and a woman was shot and wounded in two separate shootings in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Friday evening.
- A man was shot to death near the intersection of calles 10th and Juliän Carrill.
- A woman was shot and wounded near the corner of calles Progreso and 10th.
- An unidentified couple were shot to death in Juarez Friday evening. The victims were walking together near the intersection of
calles Cervantes and Balderas in the Francisco I Madero colony when they were killed.
- The police chief of Rosarito, Baja California was shot to death Wednesday. José Carlos Ventura Isida was in the courtyard of the city hall when he was killed.
- A Torreon Coahuila municipal police officer and a civilian were shot to death and two Torreon municipal police officers were wounded in Torreon Thursday afternoon. Animas Villalpando was on patrol near bulevar Revolución near Cerro del Cruz with two other officers when the vehicle he was driving came under rifle fire. Later a vehicle with one unidentified civilian dead was found in Miguel Hidalgo colony near Puente Negro dead from gunshot wounds. Reports say the victim likely was shot in the same incident that killed officer Villalpando.
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