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More Mexican Mayhem
2010-08-22
Posted by: badanov

15 Die in Northern Mexico

Mexican news report a total of 15 individuals died from ongoing drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico which included an unidentified man shot to death aboard a city bus in Juarez.

• Four unidentified men were shot to death in three separate crimes in Juarez Friday, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka. The first murder took place near the intersection of calles Morelia and Grosella in the Erendira district at about 1215 hrs when two men were shot inside a sedan. The victims are thought to be hospital employees. The second crime took place at about the same time near the intersection of calle Rio Jucar con Plan de Guadalupe in the Los Nogales district where a man was shot driving his GMC Sierra pickup truck. The third murder took place near the intersection of Avenida Hermanos Escobar and Calle Gregory M. Solís, where a man was shot while driving a Dodge Ram pickup truck.
• An unidentified man was shot to death and an unidentified woman and three year old toddler seriously wounded in Juarez Friday afternoon, according to Mexican press accounts. The attack took place at a residence in the Altavista district where several armed suspects burst into a home and pursued their victim into his bathroom before shooting him. A three year old boy was shot in the head in the attack
• An unidentified man was shot to death at his residence in Juarez Friday afternoon, say Mexican press reports. The attack took place as the victim was coming home to his residence near the intersection of calles Justino Cornejo and Pedro Navaza in the Che Guevara district. Reports say the victim was shot at least 12 times.
• Two unidentified industrial workers were shot to death at a factory Friday evening, according to Mexican press reports. the attack took place at the Eaton plant near the intersection of calles Cuatro Siglos and Hermanos Escobar. Authorities think that attack was intended for a Mexican Federal police headquarters nearby.
• An unidentified cigarette street vendor was shot to death Friday evening, say Mexican news reports. The attack took place near the intersection of Calle Arizona and Bulevar Juan Pablo II where the victim was shot several times in the center median of the road. The man died less than a half kilometer from a previous attack near Federal Police headquarters.
• An unidentified street vendor was shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, according to Mexican press accounts. The attack took place in the Quintas Carolinas district. The victim sold chamarros for a living.
• An unidentified man as shot to death in Juarez Friday evening, according to Mexican press reports. The shooting took place near the intersection of avenidas Américas and 16 de Septiembre where an armed suspect ran on board a Juraez-Aeropuerto bus and shot a victim to death. Stray bullets also hit the driver and a female passenger. The suspect then fled the scene in an unknown direction.
• A nightspot in Juarez was torched by armed suspect late Friday night, according to Mexican press accounts. Bar Dubai, located at the intersection of Paseo Triunfo de la Republica cand Lago de Patzcuro, is where an unknown number of armed suspects shot at the nightclub, threw Molotov cocktails insidee and then left the scene. Reports do not say anyone was hurt in the blaze, which was extinguished quickly. The building was a total loss, however.
• A man was found dead inside the truck of a car Friday afternoon in Juarez, say Mexican press accounts. The discovery was made near the intersection of calles San Francisco and Carlos Amaya in the Anahuac district where the victim was found inside the trunk of a Chevrolet Corsair gagged with a plastic bag and his hands and feet bound.
• Three unidentified individuals were murdered in two separate crimes in Tijuana, Baja California early Saturday morning , according to he Mexican daily La Cronica. The first crime took place at 0230 hrs in the Terrazas del Valle district, where police were assisting a group of people aboard a Lincoln Navigator only to discover an argument about the sale of drugs netted one dead and another wounded. The second murder was the discovery of two dead males in the street on calle Venustiano Carranzain in the Lazaro Cardenas, district.