30 Die in Northern Mexico
A total of 30 individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico including four youths ambushed at a bar in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon late Saturday night.
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- Two men were found hanged in their respective cells in the prison at Achilles Serdan, Chihuahua Friday evening. Noel Lubiano Sanchez AKA La Perra, 46, and his brother, Noe Lubiano Sanchez, 29, had been transferred to the Centro de Readaptacion Social (CERESO) to testify in a trial. Both men were serving time for illegal firearms possession since October 2009.
- Two young unidentified women were shot to death in Juarez Friday afternoon. The women were dismounting a Ford Contour sedan at a residence near the intersection of calles Montevideo and Caracas in the Industrial colony when they were shot.
- Two unidentified men were shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Friday. The victims were aboard a Jeep Cherokee SUV near the intersection of calles Monte Azul and Monte Stanvoy in the Quintas Carolinas colony when armed suspects travelling in a convoy including a pickup truck and two motorcycles shot the men.
- An unidentified man was shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Saturday. The victim was aboard his Jeep Liberty SUV near the intersection of avenidas Niños Heroes and 27th in the La Pasita sector of Chihuahua city's Zona Centro when he was shot. Two female bystanders were wounded when they were hit by bullet fragments.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death in Juarez Sunday. The victim was on foot near the intersection of calles Mina and Arteaga in the Zona Centro when he was shot. He was reportedly a recovering drug addict.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death in Juarez Sunday. The victim was apparently dumped and shot at a vacant lot near the intersection of calles Independencia and Zaragoza. He was found dressed in cowboy attire and several 9mm spent cartridge casings were found at the scene.
- Three unidentified men were shot to death in Juarez Sunday. The shooting took place near the intersection of calles Lince and Tiburon, in the Eco 2000 colony where an armed suspect caught the three attempting to dismantle his Ford Crown Victoria. Two nearby residents were wounded by stray gunfire.
- Three unidentified men were shot to death near a hospital in Chihuahua, Chihuahua. The victims were aboard a Dodge Shadow sedan near the intersection of calles 35th and Teofilo Borunda near the Canal Chuviscar near the Zubrain Hospital. AK-47 assault rifles were reportedly used in the attack.
- A man was shot and wounded, and died in a hospital Sunday evening in Tijuana, Baja California. Artemio Gonzalez Jr., 27, was shot at a bar near the intersection of Calle Villaurrutia and Avenida Via Rapida in the Zona del Rio. Eleven spent cartridge casings were found at the scene in the parking lot at Bar Dubai.
- A man was found shot to death at a farm near Tijuana, Baja California Saturday. Pedro Beltran Jimenez, 36, was found near the intersection of calles Paraiso and Las Rosas in the ejido Rojo Gomez in the La Presa delegation shot numerous times in the chest. Several spent 9mm casings were found at the scene.
- An unidentified man was found immolated in Tijuana, Baja California. The victim was found in the Valle Bonito colony bound hand and foot, gagged and blindfolded.
- Four individuals inclduing a municipal police officer were shot to death in Torreon, Coahuila in three separate shooting Thursday and Friday, according to the news daily El Sol de La Laguna.
- An unidentified Torreon, Coahuila municipal police officer was shot to death in western Torreon, Coahuila last Friday. The victim was shot near Plaza del Eco in the Ampliacion Los Ãngeles colony by armed suspects travelling aboard a convoy of two late model SUVs. A subsequent Code Red failed to turn up any suspects.
- An unidentified man was shot to death near the intersection of Puente de la Ibero and the Torreon-San Pedro highway. The victim was reportedly shot by armed suspects travelling aboard a taxi.
- A father and son were fond shot to death Thiursday in Torreon. Jesus Nava Soto, 27, and Jorge Nava Zamora, 57, were found aboard a taxi near the intersection of Bulevar Libertad and Carretera Torreon-Matamoros highway. Nava Soto has just been released from prison the day before after serving time for manslaughter.
- Four individuals were shot to death at a bar in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon late Saturday night. The victims were in the Cafe Iguana near the intersection of callec Diego de Montemayor and Padre Mier in the Old Town quarter of Monterrey when armed suspects travelling aboard a convoy of two SUVs fired into the bar, killing four and wounding three others.
- An unidentified man in his 30s was found shot to death between the Monterrey and Santiago municipalities early Sunday morning. The victim was found on Antiguo Camino Santiago in the Los Cristales colony.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon early Monday morning. The victim was found at a taxi stand near the intersection of calles Rio Armeria and Rio Sofia in the Dos RÃos colony dumped and shot several times. Several 9mm spent cartridge casings were found at the scene.
- An unidentified woman was found shot to death in Nuevo Leon Monday. The victim was fond aboard a Dodge Caravan on a highway in the Salinas Victorias municipality. The victim was also reportedly beheaded.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death in Santiago municipality, Nuevo Leon. The victim was found on a remote dirt road near the village of La Boca, tortured, beaten and then shot. The victim was reportedly shot then dumped at the location he was found.
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