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More Mexican Mayhem
2010-08-20
Posted by: badanov

18 Die in Northern Mexico

A total of 18 individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence which included five individuals killed in three separate crimes in the small far southern Chihuahua city of Jimenez, a Chihuahua state police agent killed Thursday and a retired police officer killed in Hermosillo, Sonora Wednesday evening.

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• Five individuals were murdered in Jimenez, Chihuahua Wednesday and Thursday, according to the Mexican daily El Monitor de Parral. The first crime took place at the La Rana carwash on Calle Hidalgo where Juan Humberto Romero was found shot three times. .380 caliber spent cartridge casings were found at the scene. The second murder took place at a residence on calle Lazaro Cardenas in the Fundadores district where Jose Najera was found shot dead. Nearby on Jimenez —Torreon road at a filling stattion José Bañuelos, 38, and Isaias Dominguez Martinez, 30, were found shot dead with an AK-47 assault rifle. The fifth victim was an unidentified male whose body was dumped in the city.
• A woman kas shot to death in Juarez Wednesday evening, say Mexican press reports. The attack took place near the intersection of calles Plomo and Francisco Javier Mina in the Gregorio M Solis district where armed suspects riding aboard a grey sedan shot the woman.
• Two unidentified men were shot to death Wednesday in Juarez, say Mexican news reports. The assault took place near then intersection of calles Guadalajara and Veracruz in the Felipe Angeles district where armed suspects riding aboard a Chevrolet Tahoe dismounted from their vehicle and shot the victims.
• An unidentified woman was found strangled to death late Wednesday night, according to Mexican press reports. The victim was found near the intersection of Avenida Ejercito Nacional and Camino Viejo just behind Universidad Pedagogica Nacional.
• A young man was found dead south of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, say Mexican press reports. The victim, in his 40s, was found just outside a residence on calles Rio Grande and the railroad tracks in the Crucero district.
• Two men were found shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, overnight, according to Mexican press reports. The victims were found aboard a Dodge Durango SUV near the intersection of calles Ahumada and Colima in the Industrial district. One victim was identified as Alberto Cardenas Urias, 34, while the other man, in his late 20s, has not been identified.
• A retired Hermosillo, Sonora police officer was found shot to death near his home, say Mexican press accounts. Manuel de Jesus Zamorano Peinado, 36, was found dead following an attack at his home near the intersection of calle Horizonte Azul and Abelardo Sobarzo in the El Encanto district. Investigators found eight 9mm spent cartridge casings at the scene. Peinado had only a few weeks ago escaped an attack that killed two others.
• A Chihuahua state police agent was shot to death Thursday afternoon in Chihuahua, say Mexican news reports. Gregorio Martinez Espinoza, 38, was shot at his residence near the intersection of calles Nicolas Bravo and 37th in the Obrera district. Witnesses report four armed and hooded suspects riding aboard a Mercury Sable shot the victim with AK-47 assault rifles and 9mm pistols.
• An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Thursday afternoon, according to Mexican news reports. The victim was shot near the intersection of calles Yepeto and Saturno in the Satelite district while driving his SUV.
• A man was found shot to death in San Isidro, Chihuahua Thursday morning, say Mexican news accounts. The victim was found at a landfill six kilometers from the Juarez-Porvenir road. Reports say the victim may have been previously abducted in Juarez.
• Two unidentified men were executed following a rollover accident in Juarez Thursday afternoon, say Mexican press accounts. The accident ended near the intersection of calle Ejercito Nacional and Francisco Villarreal Torres where a vehicle overturned and ejected the two victims. A pair of armed suspects appeared at the scene and shot them dead.