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More Mexican Mayhem
2011-03-09
Posted by: badanov

18 Die in Northern Mexico

A total of 18 individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence in northern Mexican states, including three men shot to death at a residence in Juarez Sunday.

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• An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Sunday. The victim was pushed out of a car near the corner of calles of Pablo I. Sidar and Guadalupe Victoria near the Escuela Secundaria Tecnica in the Barrio Alto and shot several times in the head. The victim had been bound hand and foot, and gagged with duct tape.
• Three men were shot to death and an unidentified woman was wounded in a shooting on Chihuahua, Chihuahua's north side Sunday night. The victims were at a residence on calle Articulo 6 in the Insurgentes colony when armed suspects broke into the home and hunted them down. The dead were identified as Jordäan Chavira Chaparro, 17, and Agustin Armendariz and Francisco Garcia, 22.
• A man was shot to death in a residence following a pursuit in Juarez Monday. José Emilio Rodriguez was shot in a house near the intersection of calle Revolucion Proletarian and Diego Lucero in the Mexico 68 colony after armed suspects riding in a Jeep Cherokee pursued the victim for several blocks. Seven spent cartridge casings were found at the scene.
• Two unidentified men were murdered in two separate incidents in Juarez Monday night.
  • A man was found stabbed and beaten to death near the intersection of calles Rio Parana and Lopez Mateos in the Cordova Americas colony.
  • A man was found shot to death near the intersection of calles Golondrinas and Alondra, in the El Marquez colony. The victim was bound hand and foot, and had a black bag over his head. A "narcomessage" was left with the victim, but its content was not released.
• Two unidentified men were found shot to death near Chihuahua, Chihuahua early Tuesday morning. The victims were found near the highway exit to Delicias, Chihuahua hands bound, and gagged with adhesive tape. Both victims had a single gunshot wound to the head.
• An unidentified woman was found beaten to death near Parral, Chihuahua Monday. The victim was found on a dirt road that leads to Las Animas.
• A man was shot to death in Juarez Tueday. Luis Enriquez, 23, arrived at his residence near the intersection of calles Sardina and Calamar de Anapra in the Anapra colony aboard his Dodge Neon sedan when armed suspects shot him in his car. Thee spent 9mm cartridge casings were found at the scene.
• An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Tuesday. The victim was walking on calle Libertad near the Los Herrajeros market in the Chevena colony when he was killed by armed suspects who were aboard a Dodge neon sedan.
• The home of an elderly couple was shot up and partially burned in Juarez Monday. Reports say the attack stemmed from a warning from thieves about reporting the theft of a pickup truck, on which the unidentified man had recently filed a report. The armed suspects who did the shooting used assault rifles and attempted to destroy the residence on Calle Mauricio Corredor in the Independencia colony, by torching it using gasoline. The couple was unharmed in the attack.
• A man was shot to death in a hospital emergency room in Puerto Penasco, Sonora Saturday. Javier Celaya Vega, 21, was shot at 1640 hrs while in his GMC Sierra pickup truck near the intersection of calles 13 and Plutarco Elias. Armed suspects had fired on the victim at least 35 times. The victim was taken to Centro de Salud in the Las Brisas del Golfo colony for medical treatment. At about 1700 hrs armed suspects arrived at the hospital, entered the emergency room and shot Celaya Vega four times, killing him. The shooters managed to gain access to the victim by calling in a false report of armed suspects in a different sector, then taking advantage of the police mobilization.
• An unidentified man was found shot to death near Hermosillo, Sonora Monday. The victim was found on the road to the Nyco mine near where it intersects with Bulevar Solidaridad east of Hermosillo. A .25 caliber spent cartridge casing was found at the scene.
• Three unidentified individuals were killed and another was wounded in the crossfire between Mexican security forces and armed suspects in Torreon, Coahuila Sunday. Coahuila state police agents encountered near the intersection of Calzada Colon and Avenida Ocampo a group of armed suspects aboard a van. Gunfire exchanged did not hit either the police agents or the armed suspects, but did hit four individuals attempting to seek shelter from the firefight, killing three.