More Mexican Mayhem
2011-04-25
Posted by: badanov
25 Die in Northern Mexico
A total of 25 individuals were murdered in drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico including four Torreon, Coahuila police officers kidnapped then executed.
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- Five unidentified men were shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Friday afternoon. Reports say armed suspects travelling aboard two SUVs fired on the victims, hunting them down one by one. Victims were found near the corner of calles Rio Colorado and Rio Rhin, on Calle Rio Rhin and on Calle Rio Danubio.
- A man and his mother was shot death in Juarez Friday night. Manuel Gonzalez and his mother Jovita Mendoza were attacked by armed suspects at their residence near the intersection of calles Valle de Santiago and Valle del Sol in the San Lorenzo colony. Reports say Manuel was not the target of the murder, but his unidentified brothers were.
- An unidentified woman was found shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua late Friday night. The victim was inside a residence near the intersection of calles Columbia and Mirador in the Residencial Campestre II colony.
- An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Saturday. The victim, who was a street vendor, was shot by a lone armed suspect near the corner of calles Matilde Romero and Esperanza Diaz in the Independencia II colony.
- A man was shot to death in Imuris, Sonora Saturday. Jesus Ricardo Martinez Beltran, 47, was found at El Calin tire shop near the intersection of calles Hector Lizärraga and VÃÂa Flek in the Pueblo Nuevo colony with a single gunshot wound to the head.
- A man was stabbed to death in a brawl in Mexicali, Baja California Friday. José Freddy Burgos, 39, was attacked in the Villa Florida colony, and died on the way to receiving medical attention.
- A man was shot and wounded in Mexicali, Baja California Friday night. Rodolfo Arballo Sauceda, 32, was shot in the groin on Calle Guanajuato Revolution in the Revolucion colony.
- Two men and a woman were shot to death in Torreon, Coahuila Friday aftenoon. Raul Bravo Alvarado, 39 , was walking along Bulevar Independencia with his unidentified companions when armed suspects travelling aboard a multi vehicle convoy shot them. Two AK-47 and 16 AR-15 sent shell casings were found at the scene.
- A Durango state police agent and his brother were shot to death in Durnago, Durango Saturday. Edgar Osmani Ramos Campos and his brother, Jesus Luna Melendez were stopped at a convenience store in the Villas del Guadiana III colony when armed suspects travelling aboard a three vehicle convoy shot and killed them. Reports say Luna Melendez attempted to return fire but his pistol jammed.
- Four Torreon, Coahuila police officers were kidnapped and murdered Friday, Guadalupe Pizaña Cardiel, 25, Luis Esquivel Limones, 19, Cristian Jonathan Gallegos Hernandez, 22 and Carlos Benjamin Morales Reyes, 23, were abducted as they were leaving work Friday evening. The four were found a short time later, and at different times between the city limits of Torreon and the twin city of Gomez Palacio, Durango, hands bound and with a single gunshot wound to the head.
- Two men were found dismembered in Durango, Durango last Tuesday. Fernando RodrÃÂguez RodrÃÂguez, 25 and Hugo Francisco Aguilar Salas, 23, were found at the intersection of bulevares Primo de Verdad and Durango. Reports say the two were drug dealers.