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More Mexican Mayhem
2011-02-19
Posted by: badanov

27 die in Chihuahua

A total of 27 individuals were murdered on ongoing drug and gang violence in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, including a Mexican municipal police officer shot to death in a massive shootout where five armed suspects also died.

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• A man was shot to death while driving his vehicle in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Wednesday. Jesus Agustin Ceballos Carrasco was driving his Chevrolet Cavalier on Periferico Francisco R. Almada near the corner of Calle 15 de Enero when armed suspects aboard an other vehicle shot and killed him. The vehicle then crashed into another vehicle. Ceballos Carrasco was reportedly shot in the head several times.
• An unidentified man was shot to death Wednesday in Juarez. The victim was on foot between calles Bufalo and Calexico in the Praderas del Sol colony when he was shot with an AK-47 assault rifle.
• An unidentified Chihuahua state police agent was shot and wounded in an ambush in Chihuahua city Wednesday. The agent was aboard his Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck near the intersection of Bulevar Ortiz Mena and Avenida Mirador when he was fired on by armed suspects aboard a Volkswagen Jetta. The wounded agent crashed his vehicle into another sedan. The vehicle used by the suspects was found abandoned a few blocks away. Reports suggest that the agent hit at least one suspect with return fire.
• An unidentified man and his seven year old son were shot to death and immolated in Juarez Wednesday night. Fidel Andrade and his son, Bryan, were aboard a Ford Explorer SUV near the corner of calles Durazno and Santos Dumont in the Villas Colonial colony when they were fired on by armed suspects more than 30 times. The suspects then used gasoline to set the vehicle afire with the victims still inside.
• An unidentified man was found shot to death in Juarez Wednesday night. The victim was found with his hands bound and shot near the corner of calles Durango and Paseo del Pedregal near Casa Amiga. The victim had been taken from a vehicle and then shot where he was found.
• Four unidentified armed suspects and a Juarez municipal police officer were killed in a shootout in southern Juarez Thursday. The suspects were travelling aboard a presumably stolen Ford Explorer SUV in the Colinas del Sur colony when they were intercepted by Juarez municipal police officers initiating a firefight. The dead officer was identified as Ricardo Torillo Sandoval, 40. Two other unidentified municipal police officers were wounded in the shootout and required medical attention.
• Two unidentified men were shot to death in Juarez Thursday. The victims were aboard a Honda Civic in the Portal del Sol colony when they were shot numerous times and killed.
• An unidentified man was shot to death as he was leaving a seafood restaurant in Juarez Thursday. The victim was just leaving the eatery near the intersection of calles Sierra de la Breña and Montes Urales when he was shot by two armed suspect who were on foot. Nearby Mexican Federal agents pursued the alleged shooters until they surrendered near the corner of bulevars Oscar Flores and Rivera Lara. The victim in the shooting later died before he could receive medical attention.
• A Chihuahua state police agent and an unidentified relative was shot to death in northwest Juarez Thursday. Juan Manuel Cruz died at the scene on calles Hospital and Nogal in the Insurgentes colony where armed suspects fired on him and his unidentified family member while driving his private vehicle.
• Six unidentified individuals were murdered and another was wounded in four incidents in Juarez Thursday, according to a published account by the Mexican news daily La Polaka.
  • Two men were shot to death as they were leaving a grocery store near the corner of bulevars Independencia and Ejido Sauces aboard a pickup truck
  • Two men were shot to death aboard their Dodge Intrepid on Avenida Troncoso in the Oriente colony.
  • A man was shot and wounded near the intersection of Avenida Lopez Mateos and Calle 21st.
  • A couple leaving a restaurant were shot to death in Gomez Morin colony. The male victim attempted to defend himself using a personal firearm.
• An unidentified couple were shot to death in Juarez Friday. The victims were at their residence near the intersection of calles Montes de Oca and Segunda in the Papalote colony where armed suspects burst into the home and shot them. The residence was surrounded by a large number of parked vehicles where the crime took place.
• An unidentified man was shot to death in Chihuahua Thursday night. The victim was aboard his Chevrolet light truck pursued and then shot by armed suspects in the Villas del Real colony. The wounded victim then drove his vehicle into an arroyo where he was finally killed by his attackers.
• Am armed suspect was captured by Mexican Federal agents in Juarez Friday. Manuel Roberto Plascencia Gomez, 42, was found inside a safe house in the Real del Campanario colony. Agents also found an AK-47 assault rifle, 264 rounds of ammunition and three weapons magazines. Medical supplies and syringes were also found in the house/
• An unidentified couple was found shot to death in Juarez Friday. The victims were found on calle Meneses Hoyos in the Parque Central gagged with duct tape, tortured and shot seven times total using a 9mm weapon.
• Two unidentified men were shot to death at a mall in Juarez Friday morning. The victims were aboard a Dodge Durango SUV parked at a bottled water store near the intersection of Avenida Lopez Mateos and Calle Posada Pompa when they were shot numerous times. Damage was also sustained at the water store from gunfire.
• An inmate at a prison near Chihuahua was found hanged in his cell Friday. Felipe Ramirez Solano, 33 died in his cell at the Serdan Achilles Centro de Readaptacion Social (CERESO). Ramirez Solano was serving time for aggravated robbery and had been in the CERESO since November, 2010.
• An unidentified couple was shot to death in Juarez Friday. The victims were aboard a Chevrolet sedan near the intersection of calles Juan Pablo II and Las Torres when they were shot shortly after the male driver left a Del Rio store nearby.
• Seven individuals were shot to death in Juarez Friday in two separate crimes, according to the Mexican news daily La Polaka.
  • Two women were shot to death in Juarez about 1400 hrs.
  • Five men were shot to death Friday. The victims were all aboard a compact sedan near the intersection of calles Mariano Abasolo and Arandas in the Barrio Alto when armed suspects fired on them killing all five.

From the Los Sicarios Tambien No Pasaron Department

Residents in a southeastern sector of Juarez have erected a barrier to their neighborhood tp prevent entry of criminal elements, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka

The entrance to the 15 de Mayo colony was blocked by steel mesh and discarded tires placed there at night by residents with the aid of a welder.

Anonymous residents said they did not go through the usual required channels in erecting the barrier because of inevitable delays by city government.

Photos of the barrier can be seen here.