More Mexican Mayhem
2011-01-28
Posted by: badanov
17 Die in Northern Mexico
Seventeen individuals were murdered in drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico including two Mexican Federal agents ambushed Tuesday in Juarez.
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- Three individuals were shot to death in Juarez Monday. The shootout was between at least three armed suspects and Mexican Federal agents in the La Chaveña colony at about 1500 hrs when agents initiated a gunfight with suspects who were aboard a Jeep Liberty SUV. Two nearby bus passengers were caught in the crossfire and died, while an unidentified federal agent was killed as well. The driver of the SUV ended the pursuit by crashing into an alarm business near the corner of calles Liberty and Insurgentes.
- A bodyguard of Juarez major Teto Murguia was shot to death and another was wounded in a shootout between a detachment of Mexican federal agents and the security detail of the mayor Tuesday night. Reports say the convoy transporting Murguia to his home in El Paso, Texas, failed to stop when federal agents signalled as they passed the Hotel Impala on calle Tlaxcala, where the Juarez Policia Federal detachment is quartered. All but one of the vehicles used in the convoy were damaged by gunfire, including Hummer SUV in which the mayor was riding.
- An unidentified owner of a radiator repair whop was shot to death Tuesday afternoon in Juarez. The shooting took place near the intersection of calle Miguel de la Madrid and Garambullo in the Heroes de la Revolucion colony where armed suspects dismounted from a sedan and had a conversation with the victim before shooting him.
- Three unidentified kidnapping victims were found shot to death near Chihuahua, Chihuahua Wednesday morning. The victim, who had been abducted the previous day near the intersection of avenidas Heroico Colegio Militar and Francisco Marquez, were found on Kilometer 18 of the Chihuahua-Juarez highway, gagged and hands tied before they were shot. Several 9mm and .223 caliber spent shell casings were found at the scene.
- A bricklayer was shot to death at a job site in Juarez Wednesday. Miguel Salazar Porras, 24, was fired on five times by armed suspects aboard a sedan near the corner of calles Otumba and Mina in the Barrio Alto at about 1200 hrs.
- Two unidentified men were shot to death and then immolated Wednesday night. The victims were aboard a Dodge Nitro near the corner of calles Enrique Miller and José Carreon in the Deportistas colony. The shooters were aboard a Ford Lobo (F-150) pickup truck which was seen fleeing the scene towards Villita.
- One unidentified Mexican federal agent was shot to death and another was wounded in an ambush in Juarez at dawn Wednesday. The two agents were riding aboard a Dodge Charger near the intersection of Avenida Tecnologico and Rivera Laura when they were assaulted. Reports say AK-47s were used in the assault and that the vehicle was damaged by what appeared to be dozens of bullet hits.
- An unidentified man was shot to death Wednesday morning in Juarez. The shooting took place near the intersection of calles Arizona and Uramex where the driver of a Volkswagen Jetta was struck dozens of times from shots from an AK-47 assault rifle.
- The severed heads of two unidentified men were found Wednesday in Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua. The victims has been previously severely beaten and were found near the intersection of calles Juarez and Durango in the San Isidro colony.
- Two unidentified individuals were shot to death in an intergang firefight in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora Wedensday. The shootout took place near the corner of calles 300th and Michoacán in the Libertad colony. The victims were shot aboard a Lexus sedan were wearing bulletproof vests and were armed with rifles and pistols. Several spent shell casings from AK-47 and AR-15 assault rifles were found at the scene.