More Mexican Mayhem
2010-09-28
Posted by: badanov
10 Die in Northern Mexico
Ten individuals were killed in ongoing drug and gang related violence including a Chihuahua, Chihuahua, city police officer murdered during a bank robbery.
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- Three unidentified individuals were shot to death and two others were wounded in three separate shootings in Juarez Monday, according to Mexican press accounts. The first shooting took place near the intersection of Avenida Ejercito Nacional and Calle Plutarco ElÃÂas as a couple emerged from an exchange and were shot by armed suspects riding in a vehicle. A third individual drove the victims to the hospital where they were pronounced dead. In the second shooting two individuals were shot aboard their Chevrolet Silverado by armed suspects on Calle Plutarco Elias. The driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a building. In the third incident a man was shot 20 times in the Oasis district.
- An unidentified woman in her 20s was found dead inside a residence in Juarez, say Mexican press accounts. The victim was fond near the intersection of calle Colegio Militar and casi Mercurio naked and in a pool of blood.
- An intragang fight has left one gang member dead and another wounded in Juarez Sunday night, according to Mexican news reports. The fight took place near the intersection of Calles 48th and Coordinadora in the Union Proletaria where the victim attempted to intervene in a fight during a drinking party outside a residence, and was stabbed to death.
- A Chihuahua, Chihuahua city police officer was shot to death during a bank robbery Monday, according to Mexican press sources. Maurice Tovar was shot attempting to stop the raid as four armed suspects dressed black tactical gear attacked the Bancomer bank on Bulevar Juan Pablo II.
- Two inmates were killed in a prison brawl in a Centro Readaptacion Social (CERESO) near Chihuahua, Chihuahua Monday, say Mexican news accounts. Salvador Govea Vargas, 22, and Saul Omar Gamboa Perea, 27, were beaten to death in a high security area of the CERESO. Both were members of a kidnapping gang working for Sinaloa gang Chihuahua city commander Elizabeth Rodriguez Griego, alias "La Doña", who herself was murdered along with her son at a hotel near Parral, Chihuahua last month. Both inmates were involved in the murder of the nephew of incoming Chihuahua state governor, Cesar Duarte, who takes his post next week.
- An unidentified man in his 20s was found shot to death on a road near Hermosillo, Sonora Sunday night, say Mexican news reports. The victim was found on Kilometer 13 of the road to San Pedro-Ures dead from three gunshot wounds. The victim was apparently dumped at the site.
- A man was shot to death by a local police officer in Empalme, Sonora early Sunday morning, according to Mexican news accounts. The shooting took place at a popular dance held Saturday night in the town, when a scuffle took place involving an individual who had attempted to gain entrance without paying. The municipal police officer, Luis Arturo Sandoval Chavez, apparently shot Rodolfo Vega Castro, 24, accidentally as he attempted to intervene in the scuffle.
- A man was shot and wounded early Monday morning in Torreon, Coahuila, according to Mexican press reports. José Angel Perez Fabela was shot in the chest as he was walking home with a friend by a group of armed suspects riding aboard a Nissan Altima on calle Otilio Montaño in the Las Carolinas district.