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More Mexican Mayhem
2011-04-13
Posted by: badanov

30 Die in Chihuahua

A total of 30 individuals were murdered in Chihuahua, Mexico in ongoing drug and gang related violence that included three Juarez police officers shot last Sunday.

• One unidentified inmate at a Chihuahua prison was killed Friday night. The knife fight also severely wounded a second inmate. Oscar Alejandro Quiñonez Maguregui, 28, was killed in the intake hall of the prison.
• Juarez municipal police officers rescued a kidnap victim early Friday morning. Three armed suspects fired on police officers who rolled up on the scene near the intersection of calles Cedro de la Cumbre and Cedro de la Sierra in the Urbivilla del Cedro Etapa II colony. The suspects were arrested at the scene. The unidentified female kidnap victim was found hiding from the suspects inside a garbage can.
• An unidentified man and his seven year old son were shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Friday. The victims were aboard a Datsun sedan near the intersection of calles 11th and Morelos in the Aldama colony when they were shot.
• An unidentified married couple and an unidentified man were shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Friday. The couple were near the intersection of 1st de Mayo and Revolucion Proletaria in the Tierra y Libertad colony when armed suspects aboard a Dodge Ram pickup truck fired on them. Another man was shot to death near the corner of calles Victoria del Pueblo and Venceremos. The children of the couple were present at the time of the shooting, but escaped harm. Several AK-47 assault rifle and 9mm spent shell casings were found at the scene.
• Four unidentified men were shot to death at an automotive repair shop in Juarez Friday. The victims were at the Fuel Injecion Ramirez shop near the intersection of calles Guadalupe and Leticia in the Lomas del Rey colony when armed suspects came and shot them and two other victims. The victims were all drinking beer when the attack took place.
• Four unidentified men were shot to death in two separate attacks in Juarez Saturday night in the Felipes Angels colony, according to the Mexican news dailyLa Polaka.
  • Three men were shot to death near the corner of calles Irapuato and Mochis as they were working to repair a vehicle.
  • A man was shot to death about ten blocks away.
• One man was shot to death and two others were wounded in an attack in a funeral parlor in Juarez Saturday evening. The shooting took place at the Funeral Miranda funeral home near the intersection of avenidas Tecnologico and Arturo de Córdova in the Lourde colony, where a man and a woman walked into the chapel and concentrated their gunfire on the victim, Jorge Ugarte Saenz 32. The shooters escaped the scene aboard a BMW sedan.
• Two unidentified men were found tortured and shot to death in Juarez Saturday night. The victims were dumped near the intersection of Calle Miguel Trillo and Bulevar Oscar Flores in the Kilometro 5 colony, bound hand and foot and gagged with duct tape.
• An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Sunday. The victim was found naked to the waist, bound hand and foot, and gagged with duct tape near the intersection of calles Che Guevara and Ponciano Arriaga in the Mexico 68 colony.
• An unidentified Juarez city police officer was shot to death in Juarez Sunday afternoon. The victim was shot near the intersection of calles Ricardo Peña and Mendoza in the Oasis Revolucion colony just as he was leaving home. Several 9mm and .40 caliber spent shell casing were found at the scene.
• An unidentified man in his 20s was shot to death in Juarez Sunday. The victim was near the intersection of calles Ajusco and del Arena in the Diaz Ordaz colony hen he was shot. Several .40 caliber spent shell casings were found at the scene.
• Two unidentified men were shot to death in Juarez Sunday. The victims were near a residence near the intersection of calles General Teran and Ignacio Alatorre in the Mariano Escobedo colony when they were shot. More than 60 spent shell casings were found at the scene, mostly for AK-47 assault rifles. The shooters were aboard trucks when they fired.
• Another unidentified Juarez municipal police officer was shot to death Sunday. The officer was on calle Caridad Bravo in the Revolucion Mexicana colony when he was shot.
• An unidentified female Juarez police officer was shot and wounded in Juarez Sunday night. The victim was aboard her Ford Expedition near the intersection of Santiago Blancas and Yepomera in the Hacienda las Torres colony when armed suspects fired on her and her five year old daughter who was with her at the time. The shooters fired their weapons at least a dozen times. The girl was unhurt.
• Two Chihuahua, Chihuahua municipal police officers were arrested by Mexican Federal agents as they attempted to loot an ATM Monday night. The ATM belonged to Banorte and was on avenida Teofilo Borunda. Ramon and Jesus Gomez Durän were caught with a cutting torch and a bankcard at the scene.
• Three unidentified men were shot to death in Chihuahua Monday. The victims were near the intersection of calles 36th and Batallon de San Patricio in the Rubio colony when they were shot. The shooting took place just two blocks from a Mexican Army base.
• La Linea, the armed wing of the Juarez drug cartel has issued a new warning against Juarez municipal police officers who are part of the Delta group. The message in the form of graffiti in Juarez was erased quickly by Juarez city workers. Delta Group US equivalent would be a major case squad. La Linea is demanding the resignation of newly installed Juarez police chief Julian Leyoazala, who is under fire for his practices in his previous post in Tijuana. Three of his officers were arrested last week for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping of four individuals,who have yet to be found.
• An unidentified man was shot to death in Chihuahua Monday. The victim was shot by several armed suspects who were aboard a pickup truck. The shooting took place in the Cafetales colony near the campus of the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua.
• An unidentified man was beaten and strangled to death in Juarez Monday night. The victim was dumped near the intersection of calles Kripton and Donato Guerra in the Postal colony. He was beaten, bound hand and foot and suffocated with a plastic bag.
• Two unidentified men were mutilated in Juarez Monday night. The victims were found near the calle Rivera Lara and Maria Martinez. One of them men were beheaded and quartered, while the other was suffocated with a plastic bag.