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More Mexican Mayhem
2010-12-14
Posted by: badanov

26 Die in Northern Mexico

A total of 26 individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence in northern Mexican states which included three unidentified men shot to death at a residence in Juarez Sunday night.

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• Three unidentified men were shot to death in Juarez Saturday, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka. Two victims were dumped near the intersection of calles Ana Dominguez and Parque de la Amistad in the Lince colony tortured and gagged with duct tape. In a second crime, a man in his 30s was shot to death near the corner of calles Acuario and Tauro in the Luis Olague, where he was taken to a wall and then executed.
• Three unidentified men were shot to death and another two were wounded in Juarez Saturday night, according to Mexican news reports. The assault took place at a residence near the intersection of calles Ejido Zaragoza and Ejido Los Sauces in the El Papalote colony.
• An unidentified man and woman were shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Saturday night, according to Mexican news accounts. The attack took place near the junction of avenida Montealban and vialidad Sacramento in the Quintas Carolinas colony on the north side. Armed suspects riding aboard an SUV shot the couple as they were in their Mitsubishi sedan.
• An unidentified man was found shot to death in Juarez Sunday morning, say Mexican news accounts. The victim was shot near the corner of calle Meoqui and Torreon in the Fidel Avila colony, and had been tortured prior to his death.
• One man was shot to death and two others were wounded in Juarez late Saturday night, according to Mexican press accounts. Antonio Aguirre Quintana, 19, died instantly at the scene in the Avalos colony. Reports say more than 60 spent shell casings for an AK-47 assault rifle were found at the scene.
• An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Sunday, say Mexican news reports. The victim was shot four times in the head near the intersection of calles Morera and Margaritas in the Felipe Angeles colony.
• Three unidentified men were shot to death near Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Sunday afternoon, according to Mexican news accounts. The victims were aboard a Ford Lobo pickup truck, pursued by armed suspects in Kilomter 9 of the road to Aldama. Following the driver crasing the vehicle, their pursuers shot the trio.
• Three unidentified young men were shot to death in Juarez Sunday, say Mexican news accounts. The shooting took place near the junction of calle Ostra and Puerto Anapra in the Rancho Anapra colony. Reports say the victims' ages ranged from 15 to 20 years old.
• An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Sunday night, according to Mexican news accounts. The victim was walking in a park near the corner of calles Turuandiro and Jiquilpan in the Erendira colony when he was shot.
• An inmate in a prison near Chihuahua, Chihuahua was the apparently victim of suicide Sunday according to Mexican news reports. Sibel Amado Castillo, 33, was found in the prison medical ward at the Achilles Serdan Federal Centro de Readaptacion Social (CERESO) hanged by his bed sheets. Amado Castillo was serving time for drug related offenses.
• An unidentified man was shot to death and another was wounded in a shooting in Juarez Monday, say Mexican news accounts. The shooting took place near the intersection of calles Magneto and Cid in the GEMA industrial park where armed suspects fired on a fruit vendor as he was sitting in his office. The victim attempted to flee the attack but was caught a short time later by gunfire and killed.
• An unidentified man was shot to death in Nogales, Sonora Sunday, according to Mexican news accounts. The victim was shot near the corner of Privada Salonica and Bulevar Olimpia in the Kennedy colony. The victim had been handcuffed prior to being shot.
• A Tijuana, Baja California taxi driver was found beaten to death Sunday, according to Mexican news reports. Leonel Guadalupe Ibarra was found on the Sinaloa farm in the Valle de Mexicali colony in Mexicali, Baja California. The victim was last seen alive at 0800 hrs Sunday.
• A man was found stabbed to death in Tijuana, Baja California Monday morning, according to Mexican press accounts. Javier Ortega Mayoral, 38, was found on calle Sayo in the Urbi Villas del Prado dead from multiple stab wounds.
• A man was shot multiple times in Torreon Coahuila, say Mexican press reports. Rogelio Rosas Herrera, 35, was found dead and half naked near the junction of Bulevar Independencia and Calle Muzquiz in the Cerro de la Cruz colony shot four times.
• Three unidentified men were found shot to death in Torreon, Coahuila Saturday night, according to Mexican news accounts. The victims were found near the intersection of Calle Laga and Periferico Raul Lopez Sanchez in the Nueva Laguna Norte colony. Reports say several 9mm spent shell casings were found at the scene.