Damn! It's Gettin Crowded in Here!
2010-09-04
Posted by: badanov
I just downloaded the totality of the articles I have written for Rantburg since I started watching Mexican drug crime news in late April.
314 different stories. I get writer's cramps just thinking about all that work.
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More Mexican Mayhem
2010-09-04
Posted by: badanov
10 Die in Chihuahua State
Nine individuals were murdered in drug and gang violence including the shooting of a Juarez police officer and her husband at their home, and a Chihuahua, Chihuahua city police commander shot to death in the streets.
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- An unidentified man was shot to death at a crowded music shop in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Thursday evening, say Mexican press accounts. The attack took place near the intersection of calles 4th and TrÃÂas in the Mercado de Hoya record store at about 1800 hrs when several armed suspects pushed their way into the store and commenced firing on the victim,. Reports say police could not find reliable witnesses to the shooting.
- Two unidentified men were found tortured and shot to death in an area north of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, according to Mexican press reports. The discovery was made in the area known as Arboledas Tecate in Quintas Carolinas. The victims were found bound and gagged, and they had been shot several times.
- An unidentified man was found dead in Juarez Thursday night. The victim was wrapped in a black plastic bag near the Walmart on Avenida Ejercito Nacional on Calle Juan Kepler. Investigators think the body was dumped. A message was left on the body but its content was not released.
- Three unidentified men were found dead in Juarez Thursday night, say Mexican news reports. The discovery was made near the intersection of calles Alondra and Rueños on a dirt road behind Plaza Juárez Mall where the three were found with their heads wrapped in duct tape and their hands bound. The victim were also labeled extortionists by their executioners.
- A female Juarez police officer and her unidentified spouse were shot to death in a home invasion early Friday morning, according to Mexican press accounts. The crime took place near the intersection of Plaza Caracoles and Arenilla in the Hacienda Las Torres district. Reports say armed suspects broke into the home and shot Ana Lilia Rodriguez Vazquez as she slept and her spouse who was apparently preparing to leave for work. Two children in the home were not harmed.
- A Chihuahua, Chihuahua police commander was shot to death Friday morning, say Mexican news reports. Second Sergeant José Humberto Castillo Valles was shot by a number of armed suspects riding in a three vehicle convoy, consisting of a Nissan Murano, a Jeep Cherokee and a Chevrolet Cavalier, near the intersection of calles Pinos Altos y Paseo del Real in the Villas del Real district. Castillo Valles was apparently part of the team which recently arrested five extortionists in Chihuahua city. Elements of that team are apparently under death threats by organized crime.
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