18 Die in Northern Mexico
A total of 18 individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence in northern Mexican states including two inmates killed in a brawl at a minimum security prison in Chihuahua, Chihuahua.
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- Two unidentified men were shot to death Thursday in Chihuahua. Daniel Granados, 25, Pablo Ortiz, 27, and Valentino Hernandez, 18, were shot near the intersection of calles 55th and Ojinaga inside a mobile home.
- Two unidentified men died in a small aircraft crash in Uribe, Chihuahua Wednesday. Reprots say armed suspects arrived at the scene of the crash and removed the bodies of the victims before authorities could arrive. The aircraft involved reportedly was a Cessna 206.
- A man was fund shot to death in Delcias, Chihuahua Thursday. Ramón Hernändez Humberto Salinas was found in an irrigatioon ditch near the main highway with numberous gunshot wounds.
- A man was foound shot to death in Parral, Chihuahua Thursday. Romualdo Holguin Chavez, 56, was found near his Nissan Sentra sedan shot with an AK-47 assault rifle. Police were searching for a Ford Explorer in connection with the murder.
- An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Thursday night. The victim was at a construction site near the intersection of calles Mariscal and Cadereyta in the Melchor Ocampo colony when he was shot.
- An unidentified man was shot in Juarez Thursady night. The victim was near the intersection of Mariano Escobedo and calle Cadereyta in the Mariano Escobedo colony when he was shot by an armed suspect ravelling aboard a vehicle.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death in Lomas Blancas ejido Thursday night. The victim was found on calle Fidel Velazquez near El Rancho La Sauceda. .45 caliber and 5.7mm weapons were used in the attack.
- An unidentified man was found shot ot death Friday in Chihuahua, Chihuahua. The victim was found near El Rancho Aldana shot several times in the back with a 10mm weapon.
- Two unidentified inmates at a Chihuahua, Chihuahua prison were killed in a prison brawl Friday. The deaths took place at the Low Risk Unit prison, formerly known as the Chihuahua, Chihuahua Centro de Readaptacion Social (CERESO). An undisclosed number of other inmates were injured in the brawl.
- A man was beaten to death in Nogales, Sonora Thursday morning. Epifanio Medina Alvarez, 29, was found on calle Circuito Jardin with wounds about his face and a bloody rock nearby. Police were searching for men who were aboard a Ford Lobo (F-150) pickup truck.
- A severed human head was found in Tijuana, Baja California Thursday. The victim's head was in a rucksack with a message inside in the MartÃÂnez colony. The body of the victim was later found on calle Primera in the Francisco Villa ejido.
- Two individuals were shot to death and six others were wounded in the crossfire of an intergang firefight in Torreon, Coahuila Wednesday night. The gun battle took place near the intersection of calles Muzquiz and Independencia in the zona Centro. A second gunfire exchange took place moments later only a few meters from the original site. Four victims were aboard a bus while two others were on foot nearby when they were struck.
- An unidentified man was found beaten to death in Torreon, Coahuila early Friday morning.The victim was found near the intersection of Avenida C and Calle 18th in the Nueva Rosita colony hands bound and gagged.
- A man was found beaten and strangled to death in Gomez Palacio, Durango Wednesday evening. Isabel Acosta Pereira, 65, was found near on Avenida Juan Alvarez in the 5 de mayo colony.
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