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More Mexican Mayhem
2010-10-11
Posted by: badanov

15 Die in Northern Mexico

Fifteen individuals were murdered in drug and gang related violence which included two nearly simultaneous prison riots in Centros de Readaptacion Social (CERESO) near Juarez and two small arms and grenade attacks of government facilities in Juarez.

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• An unidentified man was shot to death in an area northwest of Juarez Saturday, according to Mexican news sources. The victim was gunned down near the intersection of calles Datilera and 2nd de Ugarte in the Insurgentes district by two armed suspects.
• Three men were found immolated late Friday night and Saturday morning in three separate crimes in Juarez, says the Mexican daily La Polaka. In the Independencia I district near the intersection of calles Malpaso and Amistad, a man was found dead and burned beyond recognition. Another victim was found near Plaza de Praxedis in the Valle de Juarez district, as was the third victim who was found near the intersection of calles Lechuguilla and Garambullo.
• An unidentified cyclist was shot to death late Saturday night,say Mexican news reports. The victim was found near the intersection of calle Cumbre de la Cuesta and Tizoc in the La Cuesta district with several 9mm spent shell casings nearby.
• Two prison riots at state and municipal Centros de Readaptacion Social (CERESO) Saturday afternoon cost the lives of two inmates and several wounded, according to Mexican news accounts. Reports say the riots were nearly simultaneous in the Juarez municipal CERESO on calle Barranco Azul and at the state CERESO on Kilometer 34 of the Juarez-Chihuahua highway. Two inmates were reported in the state CERESO killed while 20 others total for both prisons were wounded including a prison guard. Weapons and munitions are said to have been seized in the municipal and state military and police agent response. Reports are the initiating action was between prison gangs Aztecas and the Mexiclan.

  Subsequent published reports say La Linea, the armed wing of the Juarez Drug Cartel, has claimed responsibility for the riots and has warned further attacks will take place against those who support El Chapo, the nickname for the leader of the Sinaloa Drug cartel, Joaquín Archivaldo Guzman Loera, the Juarez Drug gang's main competitor in Juarez.

• Two armed assaults using small arms and grenades were launched against two separate government facilities Saturday night in Juarez. One attack was launched against a Servicio de Administracion Tributaria (SAT) office on calle Simona Barba by armed suspects using small arms and grenades. The only government workers present in the building at the time of the attack weren't hurt in the attack. Damage was limited to a shattered glass front door. A second assault took place at Hotel Colonial del Pronaf, where Mexican Federal agents are quartered, but apparently involved a detonated grenade. No one was reported hurt in the assault, nor was any damage reported. Servicio de Administracion Tributaria is similar to the US Internal Revenue Service.
• Three unidentified men said to be members of the Aztecas prison gang were shot to death late Saturday night in Juarez, say Mexican press accounts. The three victim were aboard a Ford Explorer when they were murdered by gunmen near the intersection of calles Batopilas and 5 de Febrero in the Anahuac district.
• An unidentified man was found beheaded in Tijuana Saturday, say Mexican news reports. The victim was found with his hands and feet bound on Calle Jalisco. His head was found a short distance away from the location of the mutilated torso.
• A man was shot to death only minutes after being released from prison in Torreon Coahuila, say Mexican news accounts. Juan Alberto Avalos Quiñónez, 40, was found aboard a Jeep Cherokee near the intersection of Bulevar Libertad and Prolongacion Venezuela in the Latinoamerican district. Quiñónez had only minutes before finished his sentence for robbery when he was murdered.
• A man was shot to death outside a bar in downtown Torreon, Coahuila, according to Mexican news reports. Juan Antonio Alvarez Gómez, 36, was shot outside the La Marioneta bar on Calle Garcia Carrillo where he was shot with a 9mm weapon. Alvarez Gomez worked for Commission Federal de Electricidad and lived in Gomez Palacio, Durango.
• Two unidentified men were found tortured and beaten to death near Reynosa, Tamaulipas Sunday, according to Mexican news accounts. The victims were found with their hands bound by wire and without shoes. They had military style haircuts and wore military style camo uniforms.