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More Mexican Mayhem
2011-04-30
Posted by: badanov

16 Die in Northern Mexico

A total of 16 individuals were murdered on drug andand related violence in northern Mexico including a Mexican Federal agent shot to death in Juarez last Wednesday.

• Two unidentified woman were found shot to death Tuesday morning in Juarez. The victims had been shot the night before, according to residents of the area. The victims were found near the intersection of calles Plan de Ayala and Vicente Suarez in the Barrio Azul. They had been tortured and then shot. Several 9mm spent shell casings were found at the scene.
• An unidentified Juarez municipal motorcycle police officer was shot to death in an area south of Juarez. The officer was shot on the Kilometer 20 area of the Panamericana and Casas Grandes highways.
• Two unidentified men were shot to death in two separate incidents including a Juarez municipal traffic police officer in Juarez Tuesday, according to the Mexican news daily La Polaka.
  • A Juarez traffic police officer was shot to death in Juarez only a few minutes after another officer was murdered. Hector Trevino was aboard his official vehicle near the intersection of Juan Gabriel and Barranco Azul when he was shot.
  • An unidentified man was shot to death between calles Santos Dumont and Eje Juan Gabriel.
• An unidentified man was shot to death and three passengers in his car were wounded late Tuesday night in Juarez. The shooting took place near the intersection of calles Puertos de Palos and Puerto Altamir in the Tierra Nueva colony where the four men were in a Dodge Neon when they were fired on by armed suspects.
• An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Wednrsday. The victim had been pursued for several blocks by armed suspects when he was shot near the intersection of Avenida Juärez and Calle Colon in front of a pharmacy. The victim was hit as he was seeking shelter from the attack. Several 9mm spent shell casings were found at the scene.
• An unidentified man was found dismembered on a college campus in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Wednesday. The victim had been carved up into several different parts and deposited in front of a monument on the Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua. A message was left with the remains, but its contents were unrevealed in news reports.
• An unidentified Mexican Federal agent was shot to death and another was wounded in an attack in Juarez Wednesday. The shooting took place near the corner of Avenida Vallarta and Calle Sicomoro in the Granjas colony where the agents were aboard a Volkswagen Jetta when armed suspects travelling in a convoy fired on them. Cesar Javier Olvera Mitre was identified as the agent who survived the attack. A few minutes following the attack two vehicles said to have been part of the attack were found blocks away damaged by fire. Reports say AK-47 assault rifle spent shell casings were found at the scene.
• Three unidentified men were shot to death in two separate incidents in Juarez Thursday, according to the Mexican news daily La Polaka.
  • Two men were shot near the intersection of Barbados and Durango in the Guadalajara Izquierda colony. Reports say the victims were alleged drug dealers.
  • An unidentified man was shot to death near at a residence in Jurez. The victim was in the kitchen of a home on Calle Joaquin Terrazas in the Fancisco Sarabia colony when he was shot.
• An unidentified man was found dismembered in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Thursday night. The victim was left at a monument on Avenida Miguel de Cervantes, wrapped in several black plastic bags and articles of clothing. A message was left with the remains.
• An unidentified woman was shot to death and her male companion was wounded in a shooting in Juarez early Friday morning. The couple were parked outside a residence aboard a Ford Ranger pickup truck near the intersection of calles De los Laureles and 56th in the Granjas Cerro Grande colony when armed suspects fired on them. Guadalupe Romero Molina died at the scene.
• An unidentified man was found dead in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Friday morning. The victim was naked from the waist down, and was found near the intersection of Calle Decima and Avenida Juarez. Reports say the victim died of an overdose.
• An unidentified carjacker was shot to death in the commission of a crime in Juarez Friday. The suspect attempted to carjack a vehicle parked in front of a Del Rio convenience store near the intersection of calles Valentin Fuentes and Mecatepec. An undercover agent fired on the suspect killing him.
• Two men were shot and wounded in a shootout in Altar, Sonora Thursday. Ernesto Medano Meraz, 34, and Víctor Manuel Olivas Mancina, 28, both from Sinaloa, were at a residence on Callejón Vasconcelos when a fight broke out that led to the shooting. Reports say the victims were both alleged to be coyotes, engaged in smuggling immigrants into the US.