More Mexican Mayhem
2011-01-17
Posted by: badanov
14 Die in Northern Mexico
Fourteen individuals were killed in drug and gang related violence that included three unidentified armed suspects shot to death by Sonora state police agents Saturday afternoon.
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- An unidentified man was shot to death Thursday evening in Juarez. The victim was on foot when armed suspects aboard a Ford Focus sedan fired on the victim. The shooting took place near the intersection of calles Nadadores and Sabino, near the US border.
- Six men were shot to death and another man was wounded Friday night in Juarez in four different shootings, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka.
- Four unidentified men, a junkyard owner and employees, were shot to death near the corner of Carretera Casas Grandes and Rivera del Salado.
- An unidentified man was shot to death near the intersection of 20 de Noviembre and 5 de Mayo.
- An unidentified man was shot to death while on foot near the intersection of calles Mejia and Circonio in the Postal colony.
- An unidentified man was shot and wounded near the corner of calles Isla Caledonia and Division. Witnesses say armed suspects aboard a sedan and drove by the gas station where the victim was working and shot him.
- A bakery was set afire early Saturday morning in Juarez. The La Rosa de Oro bakery near Gomez Morin and Neptuno in the Satelite colony was totally destroyed by fire. A message was left at the scene saying the owners failed to pay protection money.
- A man in his 30s was shot to death Saturday in El Sauzal, Chihuahua. Armed suspects burst into the victim's home, forcing the members of the victim's family onto their knees and shooting the victim.
- One Chihuahua, Chihuahua traffic police officer was shot to death and another was kidnapped in a shooting Saturday morning. Armed suspects pursued the the officers near the intersection of Periferico de la Juventud and Calle 80th when Daniel Sanchez attempted to flee the attack but was killed on the spot.
- An unidentified man was shot to death by an undercover officer during an armed robbery in Juarez Saturday night. A man in his 20s entered the Del Rio convenience store near the corner of Rivera Tepeyac and Juarez Porvenir and demanded the day's receipts. The undercover officer attempted to stop the suspect as he tried to flee, but when the suspects pointed his weapon at the officer, the officer fired. The suspect reportedly held a toy gun when he was shot.
- An unidentified man was found dead in Nogales, Sonora Saturday. The victim was stuffed inside a garbage can on Calle 21 de Marzo. Reports do not say how the victim was killed.
- Sonora state police agents shot three armed suspects to death in a shootout in southern Hermosillo, Sonora Saturday. Elements of the Sonora state Policia Estatal Investigadora (PEI) were conducting a security sweep in Hermosillo following Wednesday's armed robbery attempt where two unidentified teenagers were shot and wounded. The police agents were fired on after they stopped a suspicious Ford Explorer SUV vehicle near the corner of calles Tezozomoc and Templo Quetzalcoatl. A Volkswagen Jetta drove upon the scene. Its occupants exited the vehicle and fired on the officers. The shootout lasted six minutes. Officers seized a number of assault rifles and munitions in both vehicles in the shooting aftermath.
- Two Coahuila state police agents were wounded in a shooting in Torreon Friday. David Guadalupe Castellanos Olivas, 31, and Raymundo Flores Facundo, 35, both agents of the Coahuila Policia Operativa del Estado. were fired on by unidentified armed suspects on Cerro de las Noas as they were patrolling the area.