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More Mexican Mayhem
2010-10-12
Posted by: badanov

16 Die in Northern Mexico

Sixteen individuals were killed in ongoing drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico including a retited Mexican Army officer shot in Chihuahua, Chihuahua.

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• A man described as a thug was shot to death Sunday in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, according to Mexican news reports. The assault took place near the intersection of calles Liberal and Jovenes Vanguardia where the victim, known only as Ramon, was shot a dozen times.
• Three unidentified young men were shot to death at a local hospital in Juarez early Monday morning, according to Mexican news sources. The men were at Clínica 6 del IMSS awaiting word on a pair of young men who were shot hours before.
• A man in his 20s was shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua early Monday morning, say Mexican news accounts. The victim, tentatively identified as, Juan José Silva Valtierra, was shot near the intersection of calles Mina San Angel and Mina San Agustin in the Porvenir II district. Silva Valtierra was shot five times.
• A retired Mexican Army lieutenant colonel was shot to death Monday morning in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, according to Mexican news reports. Pablo Santa Cruz, 66, was shot as he exited from his Volkswagen Jetta near the intersection of calles Llave and 82nd in the Cerro de Cruz district. Reports say Cruz had relatives who were active in the new Single Police initiative in Chihuahua state.
• Two unidentified individuals were shot to death and two others wounded in an attack at a local Oxxo convenience store in Juarez Monday afternoon, according to Mexican news reports. On the intersection of calle Montes Apeninos and Sierra Morena in the La Cuesta district was where the attack took place. The victims were boarding their Toyota pickup truck when the assault took place. Reports say the attack happened just a security conference on the campus of Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez ended.
• Seven individuals were found murdered in separate crimes in Baja California Sunday and Monday, say Mexican news accounts. Mexican security authorities reported finding at 1400 hrs Monday two unidentified men hanging from a bridge on the carretera libre Tijuana-Rosarito beheaded with their severed heads found in a Toyota truck nearby. Late Sunday night an unidentified man was found shot to death on calle Lucrecia Toriz in the Obrera Segunda Seccion district. Sunday evening four men were found shot to death in the courtyard of a residence on calle Hawaii in the Infonavit Latinos district. Reports say 20 spent shell casings were found at the scene, 12 of which were from an AK-47 assault rifle. The dead are identified as José Manuel Barragan, 22, David Cruz Valdovinos, 22 and Manuel Alejandro Romero Lizarraga, 18 with a fourth victim unidentified.
• The skeleton of an unidentified individual was found late Sunday night in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, according to Mexican news reports. The victim was found on a dirt road in the Cerradas de Cumbres district about 200 meters from Avenida Paseo de los Leones.
• Numerous handbills were posted by unknown individuals in central locations of Juarez accusing the government of murder and declaring freedom for the dead. The posters were mainly in the downtown area, in the Pronaf district and in the commercial zone and were removed by city employees. The posters appear only a day before Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Chihuahua newly installed governor Cesar Duarte and US Mexican ambassador Carlos Pascual are to meet in Juarez.