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More Mexican Mayhem
2010-08-04
Posted by: badanov

23 Die in Northern Mexico

A total of 23 individuals were murdered in northern Mexican state since Sunday in ongoing drug and gang related violence, including numerous attacks on Mexican Federal agents in Juarez and a dead state police agency head in Sonora.

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• A man was shot to death Monday afternoon in Juarez, according to Mexican news reports. Carlos Valdez Alvarez 41 was shot six times by armed suspects at his home near the intersection of calles Oso Polar and Santiago Troncoso in the Eco 2000 district.
• Two unidentified men were shot to death in front of a residence in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Sunday night, say Mexican press reports. The attack took place near the intersection of calles Cordillera del Cóndor and Campo Agostadero in the Cordilleras district when a group of armed suspects riding a convoy of at least six late model trucks opened fire and killed the pair.
• An unidentified Chihuahua city CIPOL agent was shot to death early Monday morning, accoridng to Mexican press accounts. The attack comes of the heel of the resignation of the Chihuahua city head of the CIPOL division because of threat from organized crime. CIPOL is similar to a detective squad. City and state police departments staff them.

  Juan Lopez Lozano was shot near the intersection of Periferico de la Juventud and Paseos Universidad in the Paseos de Chihuahua district while in his official Dodge Ram pickup truck. Investigators found 51 spent shell casings at the scene from 9mm weapons and AK-47 assault rifles.

• Two unidentified people were shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Monday afternoon, according to Mexican press accounts. The attack took place near the intersection of Avenida Universidad and Calle Escudero where armed suspects riding aboard Chevrolet Suburban shot and killed the driver of a Honda sedan. Stray bullets struck a couple walking together nearby, killing a man and wounding his wife. Stray bullets also struck and damaged nearby buildings in the area.
• A bomb was reported at a bank in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Monday Morning, according to Mexican press reports. An employee at the Bancomer Santo Nino reported a cardboard box near the building which prompted authorities to fear a bomb. Employees and customers were evacuated for two hours. The bomb was not exploded and no determination has been made if the box in fact contained a bomb.
• One Mexican Federal agent was shot to death and four others were hurt in four separate attacks in Juarez Sunday night, according to Mexican press reports. The attacks were centered around northern Juarez. One involved a hand grenade which injured two agents, a gun attack which killed one agent and wounded two others destroying a police vehicle by fire, plus a hand grenade attack at Mexican Federal police headquarters which did damage but harmed no one, and a fourth in which agents were shot at but not injured.
• An unidentified man was found with his head nearly severed in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Monday night. The find was made near the intersection of calles Sierra de Pedernales and Hacienda del Real in the Sierra Azul district.
• Two unidentified young men were killed, a third wounded and a young girl kidnapped Monday night in Juarez, according to Mexican press reports. The attacks took place near the intersection of calles Vid and Romero in the El Mezquital district where armed suspects aboard a van and a Jeep SUV chased two young men killing two and wounding a third. The girl, 15, was kidnapped by the suspects.
• An unidentified newspaper vendor in his 30s was shot to death in Juarez Tuesday, according to Mexican press accounts. The attack took place near the intersection of Juarez-Porvenir highway and Libramiento Independencia where a lone gunman riding a vehicle shot the victim four times with a 9mm pistol.
• A young girl reported kidnapped the night before was found shot to death in a residence in Juarez Tuesday, say Mexican press reports. Ana Karen Santana, 15, was found dead in a home near the intersection of calles Rincon del Valle and Luis Spota in the Chinconcuac district shot six times with a 9mm pistol.
• Three unidentified individuals, including two parents, were shot to death in a home invasion attack in Juarez Tuesday, say Mexican press reports. The attack took place near the intersection of calles Desierto de Gila and Desierto de Sonora in the Las Dunas district when armed suspects burst into a home and shot three adults. Two toddlers were also in the home when the attack took place but were unharmed.
• The head of the Sonoran state investigators bureau was shot and killed Monday during a family outing in Hermosillo, Sonora, according to press reports. Jesús Fernando de la Cruz Lugo, head of the Sonoran Policía Estatal Investigadora(PEI) was shot in front of his family at a park only a short distance from his workplace. The attack took place near the intersection of Calle 1st and Avenida 5th in the Bugambilias district where responding police units found a Toyota Sienna minivan with its doors open and de la Cruz Lugo dead in the back. Witnesses say three men riding a Jeep Cherokee shot the victim. Investigators found Super .38 and 9mm spent shell casings at the scene.
• A man was shot to death in Nogales, Sonora Monday, according to Mexican press accounts. Danacio Palacios Lopez, 55, was shot on Calle Sierra Madre Occidental in the Benito Juarez district while driving his Dodge Ran pickup with his wife when armed suspects shot him causing his vehicle to crash. His wife was unharmed in the attack.
• An Hermosillo, Sonora police officer foiled an attempted knifing Monday, according to Mexican news accounts. Fausto Ivan Abril Salomon, 34, told investigators he was at his home near the intersection of calle Bajio de Guadalupe and Rinconada in the Gala district when José Luis Cajeme Lugo, 22, allegedly attacked him with a knife. Salomon managed to escape the attack.
• Three Nogales, Sonora police officers were wounded in a shootout with armed suspects Monday afternoon. The attack took place when armed suspects riding aboard a Jeep Liberty shot at the officers near the intersection of calles Altar and Privada Arizpe in the La Granja district. The suspects escaped the ensuing firefight when assisting police arrived.
• Three men were found shot to death in a club in Mazatlan, Sinaloa Monday, according to Mexican press reports. Jorge Omar Garzon Hernandez, 37, Francisco Javier Torres Lizarraga and Omar Isaias Valdez Romero, 34, were found shot dead at the Club Deportivo Chololo sports field with several spent cartridge casings at the scene.
• Three unidentified individuals were found dead inside a luxury SUV in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon late Monday night, according to Mexican press accounts. The find was made near the intersection of calles Padua and Tlaquepaque in the Gonzalitos district aboard a BMW where the three victims were found in the back.

From the Oops-My-Bad Department

A Nogales police officer who was kidnapped Monday while on an outing was released unharmed the next day, according to Mexican press accounts.

Rosina Wilma Gonzolez Viay was on a personal outing with her son when she was kidnapped. The kidnappers told the officer they had taken her by mistake and released her unharmed.