More Mexican Mayhem
2011-02-22
Posted by: badanov
19 Die in Chihuahua
A total of 19 individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, including three men shot to death in an intergang shootout near Parral.
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- A Juarez traffic police officer was shot to death in Juarez Saturday night. The officer stopped an individual driving speeding vehicle near the corner of calle Sierra Madre and Oscar Flores when he was shot with a .40 caliber handgun.
- Four unidentified individuals were murdered in three separate incidents in Juarez Saturday, according to the Mexican news daily La Polaka
- Two unidentified men were shot to death near the intersection of calles Oaxaca and Zaragoza.
- An unidentified man was found lying face down, dead from torture near the corner of calles Montemayor and Camino Viejo San José,near the Comercial El Paseo shopping mall.
- A woman was found dead bound hand and foot near the intersection of calles Ruiseñor and Golondrina in the El Marquez colony. The victim was also gagged with duct tape.
- An unidentified man was found beaten to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua early Sunday morning. The victim was found near the corner of calles Alfredo Nevarez and Horacio Alvarez in the Deportistas colony in the northern sector of the city.
- Four unidentified individuals were shot to death at a late night house party in Juarez Saturday night. The shooting took place on calle Sierra del "guila in the La Cuesta colony where armed suspects entered the home and shot the victims.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death on a highway north of Chihuahua, Chihuahua. The victim was found on Kilometer 27 for the Juarez-Chihuahua highway lying face down shot three times in the head. Three spent 9mm casings were found at the scene.
- An intergang shootout near Parral, Chihuahua had claimed the lives of three men and wounded two. The shooting took place on Kilometer 71 and continued over four kilometers as two groups of armed suspects shot at one another. Two men died in the crossfire as they were riding in their sedan, and two others were wounded. The dead are Hector Hernandez Renova, 25 and Maurilio Pérez Perez de 20.
On Kilometer 70 a vehicle was found with one dead and one wounded suspect. Police seized a .380 caliber pistol.
Several spent shell casings for AK-47 and AR-15 assault rifles were found strewn along the highway.
- Two individuals were shot to death and three others were wounded in two separate shootings in Juarez Sunday, according to the Mexican news daily La Polaka.
- Edgar Gutierrez, 25, was shot to death as he was leaving the Soriana Zaragoza mall near the intersection of avenidas Juärez-Porvenir and Jilotepec to board his Honda Element when he was shot. Reports say armed suspects aboard a Ford Explorer were waiting for the victim.
- The unidentified employee of a tire shop was shot to death and three others were wounded. The shooting took place at a tire shop near the intersection of Calle Sierra Encantada and Bulevard Oscar Flores in the La Cuesta colony.
- Two unidentified men were shot to death in two separate incidents in Delicias, Chihuahua Sunday, according to the Mexican news daily La Polaka.
- Misael MartÃÂnez MartÃÂnez, 26, was found shot to death near his residence on a remote road leading to rancho El Ponce in the Rosales municipality in the Tierra y Libertad colony. Two .40 caliber, six .45 caliber and 9 9mm spent shell casings were found at the scene.
- Juan de Dios HolguÃÂn Jurado, 66, was shot to death at his residence on Calles Sur in the Tierra y Libertad colony in Delicias. His wife said she saw a man wearing a black balaclava leave the scene. Twelve AK-47 assault rifle spent shell casings were found at the scene.
- An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Sunday night. The victim had been dumped from a vehicle near the intersection of calle Fray GarcÃÂa de San Francisco and Estaño in the Arroya Colorado colony, gagged with tape with his hands bound shot in the head.