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More Mexican Mayhem
2011-01-22
Posted by: badanov

21 Die in Northern Mexico

A total of 21 individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence in northern Mexican states including four unidentified men found shot to death in a remote village in western Durango state

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• An unidentified man was shot to death at a convenience store in Juarez Wednesday. The victim had just left the Superette convenience store when he was fired on a dozen times near the intersection of calles Carlos Amaya and Cusihuiriachi in the Anahuac colony.
• Two young men were shot to death in northern Chihuahua, Chihuahua Wednesday. Julio Casar Zapata and Ariel Montana Torres were shot at a residence near the corner of calles Poseidon and Fernando Magallanes in the Miramar colony. Reports say armed suspects aboard a Nissan Altima fired the fatal shots. Five .223 and six .45 caliber spent shell casings were found at the scene.
• An unidentified man was shot to death and another was wounded in Juarez Wednesday. The victims were in front of a hamburger stand near the intersection of calles Hiedra and Anis in the Ampliacion Aeropuerto colony where armed suspects aboard a sedan open fired on them.
• An unidentified Juarez municipal police officer was shot to death and an unknown number were wounded in a small arms attack on a tax collection kiosk in Juarez Thursday. Armed suspects entered the Plaza Galerias mall and attempted to rob an armored car picking up receipts from a federal tax collection kiosk. Reports do not say how much was taken in the robbery if at all.
• A man was shot to death and his father wounded in an armed attack in Chihuahua, Chiuhuahua Thursday. Jorge Carrillo and his father were driving a Ford Mustang sedan near the corner of Aveida De las Industrias and Calle Sicomoro when armed suspects aboard a Dodge Cirrus sedan fired on them. Several .223 and .45 caliber spent shell casings were found at the scene.
• An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Friday morning. Armed suspects arived at the victim's residence near the intersection of calles Rio Escondido and Yaqui in the Cordova Americas colony and shot him to death as he tried to escape the attack. The same suspects also threw a Molotov cocktail at a Chevrolet Tahoe SUV, and left a message for authorities before fleeing the area.
• An unidentified man was shot to death at a car wash in Juarez Friday night. The shooting took place on Avenida Tomas Fernandez at about 1700 hrs when the victim was riding a motorcycle.
• Three unidentified men were shot to death in Juarez Friday night. The victims were at an electrical shop near the corner of calles Portal del Cesar and Yepomera in the Aeropuerto colony when armed suspects shot them.
• Three individuals were murdered in Juarez Friday night according to the Mexican daily La Polaka.
  • An unidentified man was beheaded at El Chaop park near the intersection of calles Limon and Ponciano Arriaga. in the Revolucion colony Friday night. A message was left at the scene although its contents was not revealed
  • Two unidentified men were found tortured, bound and shot to death near the corner of calles Camino Viejo San Jose and Paseo de la Victoria near the Colegio Sierra Madre school Friday. Both victims were bound by their hands and feet and gagged with duct tape before being killed.
• An inmate at a Torreon, Coahuila Centro de Readaptacion Social (CERESO) was stabbed to death in a brawl Thursday. Cesar Daniel Rivera Rodriguez, 21, was serving time for auto theft and was due to be released Saturday when he was killed by an another inmate.
• A Poanas, Durango municipal police officer and his daughter were shot to death Tuesday afternoon. Armed suspects entered the home of Martin Loyo Najera, and shot him and his 10 year old daughter, Joselin. Loyo Najera died at the scene while his daughter died on the way to receiving medical attention.
• A Villa Union, Durango police commander was kidnapped and then executed Wednesday. Neighbors in the area found the headless body of Diego Piedra Rodriguez, 50, who was kidnapped on Tuesday.
• A nationally known cattle rancher was found shot to death in a highway in Durango Wednesday. Reports say Javier Saravia Francisco Saravia, 48, and president of Union Ganadera, a cattlemen's trade group was found near La Punta ranch on the main highway our for Durango leading south, shot three times. Francisco Saravia had apparently been kidnapped days before, but the family failed to supply the ransom in time.
• Four unidentified men were shot to death in a remote village in western Durango Wednesday. The victims were found in a shallow grave in the village of Navajas in the Pueblo Nuevo municipality, all having been shot to death. The corpses had been mutilated by vermin before they were discovered.