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More Mexican Mayhem
2010-09-20
Posted by: badanov

9Die in Northern Mexico

TNine individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence, which included the shooting of two CIPOL agents in Chihuahua city overnight.

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Note: Yesterday "narcograffiti" was reported in Juarez in which La Linea claimed responsibility for the murder of the news photographer Thursday. A new banner was found last night which said la Linea did not take responsibility for the murder.

• Two unidentified men were shot to death and a third was wounded in an attack at a business in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Saturday, according to Mexican press reports. The attack took place at a auto window polarizing business on Avenida Dostoyevski where armed suspects riding aboard a Nissan Murano shot at the trio as they were working. Two of the victims attempted to escape the attack by running across courtyards of nearby homes, but to no avail.
• A Juarez CIPOL agent was attacked near a shopping center in Juarez Saturday, say Mexican news reports. The attack took place near the intersection of calles Gomez Morin and Pedro Rosales de Leon where armed suspects attacked the agent as he was parked in his official vehicle. Return fire by the agent is credited with saving his life.
• Two unidentified young men were shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Saturday say Mexican news accounts. The attack took place near the intersection of calle Miguel Sigala and Highway 45 in the northern sector of the city where a group of armed suspects riding aboard a Nissan urano shot the pair to death as they were aboard their sedan.
• One unidentified CIPOL agent was shot to death and two bystanders were wounded in an attack in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Saturday night. The attack took place at a restaurant near the intersection of calles Oscar Flores and Sierra Bonita where armed suspects fired on the agent and several others.
• An unidentified woman and her son were shot to death in their home early Sunday morning. The attack took place in the village of Loma Blanca where armed suspects broke into a home and shot the two as they slept. Several AK-47 and .45 caliber spent shell casings were found at the scene.
• One unidentified man was shot to death and another female was wounded in an attack on a barbershop in Tijuana, Baja California. The attack took place around 2200 hrs at the Victor barbershop near the intersection of calles Ixtlazihuatal and Cochima, where armed suspects shot the pair after dismounting from a vehicle.
• A Nogales, Sonora police agent was arrested Saturday on one count of first degree murder and two counts of attempted murder, say Mexican press reports. Jesus Israel Caro Lopez, 32, was arrested following a Sonoran Policia Estatal Investigadora (PEI) investigation of two attacks against other police in September. Caro Lopez's name came up in a bust when three suspects were arrested in connection with the shooting.
• An unidentified inmate at a Chihuahua Centro de Readaptacion Social (CERESO) was found dead in his cell Sunday morning, say Mexican news reports. The San Guillermo CERESO has been the scene of three other deaths in the last two weeks. The prison is five kilometers east of Chihuahua, Chihuahua.