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More Mexican Mayhem
2010-07-14
Posted by: badanov

25 Die in Northern Mexico Violence

25 people were killed in drug and gang violence in northern Mexico which included 12 people found shot to death and dumped on a road in Tamaulipas.

• Five people in all were shot to death near Chihuahua, Chihuahua and near Parral, Chihuahua in three separate crimes Monday afternoon, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka. Two unidentified individuals were found shot to death in the Cimarrón district north of Chihuahua city. Investigators think the victims were previous abducted near calles Río de Janeiro and Carbonel in the Panamericana district.

  Two unidentified men ere found shot to death minutes later near the intersection of calles Artículo 35 and López Rayón in the Cimarron district aboard a Toyota sedan. Witnesses say armed suspects riding aboard a Dodge Durango and Ford Lobo shot the two then fled in two different directions.

  An unidentified man was found beaten and shot to death on the airport road in Parral. The victim's head was covered in black plastic and investigators found spent shell casings around the body.

• Three men died and a fourth was wounded in an attack in Juarez Tuesday morning, according to Mexican press reports. The attack took place near the intersection of calles Gaviota and Pablo Lopez in the Granjas Chapultepec district when an armed suspect shot at a group of four men. Two died at the scene while a third died later in the hospital.
• Two unidentified men were found executed Tuesday morning on a road to Juarez just north of Chihuahua city, say Mexican press accounts. The victims were found on Km. Marker 4 near the Curvas del Perico, bound and gagged using tape with signs of torture. They were shot in the head. Reports suggested the two were previously abducted.
• Two individuals were found shot to death aboard their van near Carborca, Sonora, according to Mexican press reports. The victims were found on Km. Marker 13 of the Caborca-Puerto Lobo aboard a Ford van. They had been shot at close range with an AK-47 assault rifle.
• Two men were found shot to death in Nogales, Sonora Monday afternoon, according to Mexican press reports. Justin Perez Vega, 40, suffered bullet wounds to his head while another unidentified man in the same shooting died from wounds on his legs. The attack took place on calle Galeana, in the Colonia Obrera district.
• Tamaulipas authorities began investigation of 11 men and one woman found shot to death and dumped on a road near Matamoros, Tamaulipas Monday morning. The victims were found on the Valle Hermoso-Ciudad Victoria road near the Las Yescas farm. Reports are all 12 had the letter Z on their clothing, denoting involvement with the criminal gang Los Zetas. The victims had been tortured and shot.
• Five unidentified people were abducted at a farm in Coahuila Sunday evening, according to Mexican press reports. Witnesses say two pickup trucks carrying fifteen armed suspects forced the victims inside before they fled the Rancho Alegre farm. A subsequent police alert failed to turn up the vehicles or the victims.