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More Mexican Mayhem
2011-05-08
Posted by: badanov

1st Anniversary Edition!

31 Die in Northern Mexico

A total of 31 individuals were mrudered in ongoing drug and gang related violence that included an assassination attempt on the controversial new Juarez police chief Julian Leyzola.

• Two unidentified men were found murdered in Jarez Tuesday, according to the Mexican news daily La Polaka/
  • A man was found on Avenida de la Cantera a stabbed multiple times.
  • A man was found shot several times abourd a vehicle on Avenida Venceremos.
• One police officer was shot to death and one civilian was wounded in an ambush of Juarez police chief Julian Leyzola Tuesday night. The ambush took place near the corner of Juan Gabriel and Municipio Libre. The ensuring firefight went through Barrio La Chaveña and ended in the Los Cerrajeros colony. Two of the armed suspects involved were arrested and their Nissan Altima was seized. A Youtube video of the aftermath including a statement by Leyzola can be found here.
• Members of Juarez municipal police elite Delta Group killed one man and arrested a second suspect in connection within the ambush on Julian Leyzola Tuesday night. The arrest took place Wednesday near the intersection calles Paso del Norte and Federico Allende in the Chaveña. Alejandro Nevares Salazar was identified as the man who was killed while a second 17 year old male arrestee was not identified. At least one AK-47 assault rifle was found with the teen. A stolen Nissan Sentra and a Toyota Pathfinder truck were seized along with a Toyota sedan.
• A couple and their unborn child were shot to death Wednesday afternoon in Juarez. The attack took place near the intersection of calles Puerto Lisboa and Marsella where the couple were travelling aboard their Ponitac minivan. Reports say 15 sent cartridge casings were found at the scene.
• Two youths were shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Wednesday evening. The shooting took place at a gas station near the intersection of Periferico de la Juventud and Avenida Juan Escutia, where the two were aboard their Volkswagen Jetta. The armed suspects who did the shooting fled aboard a van heading south.
• The owner of a cinder block manufacturing business was shot to death in Juarez Thursday. Orlando Loya Lujan was at his Loya Bloqueos business near the intersection of calles Carlos Marx and Tusteno when armed suspects burst into the store and started firing. Reports say Loya Lujan failed to pay protection money.
• An unindetified man in his 20s was found strangled to death in Juarez Thursday evening. The victim was found near the intersection of calles Escobar and Terrazas in the Barrio Alto.
• Four unidentified individuals were shot to death in Juarez Thursday evening. The attack took place near the intersection of calles Municipio Libre and Alfa in the Barrio La Chaveña where the four were aboard a Ponitac Safari minivan. Reports say the shooters all wore Mexican Policia Federal gear, and that AK-47 assault rifles were used.
• One unidentified man was shot to death and his female companion was wounded in an attack in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Thursday night. The shooting took place near the intersection of calles Guadalupe Juarez and Agustin Armendariz in the Francisco Ruiz Massieu colony. Reports say armed suspects aboard Nissan X-Terra SUV and a pickup truck shot the couple using AR-15 assault rifles, and then fled the scene.
• Four unidentified individuals, two men and two women were shot to death in Juarez Friday morning. The couples were travelling aboard a Honda sedan near the intersection of calles Gallegos and Huilchozingo in the Mexico 68 colony when they were shot.
• An unidentified man was found shot to death in Juarez Friday afternoon. The victim was found in the backseat of a Ford Crown Victoria near the intersection of calles Bambu and 16 de Septiembre in the Insurgentes colony.
• Two man were shot to death and a couple were shot and wounded in two separate incidents in Juarez Friday, according to the Mexican news daily La Polaka..
  • Armed sjuspects shot and wounded an unidentified male and female couple near the intersection of calles Sierra del Tigre and Cordillera del Caucas in the La Cuesta colony/
  • An unidentified father and his son were shot to death at their residence near the intersection of calles Chamulas and Nahoas in the Azteca colony.
• An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Friday. The victim has just left Babicora police station when he was fired on as he was stopped aboard his Chevrolet Cavalier at the intersection of calles Zaragoza and Sonora in the Salvarcar colony. A man exited from a sedan and briefly exchanged words with the victim before shooting him.
• An unidentified man in his 20s was shot to death late Friday night in Juarez. The victim was at the Richy Seafood restaurant on Avenida Los Aztecas when he was shot.
• A man was shot to death Wednesday night in Agua Prieta, Sonora. Federico Rodriguez Carvajal, 41, was on foot near the intersection of Calle 30th and Avenida 34th in the Nuevo Progreso colony when he had words with another man and was then shot in the chest.
• A man was shot to death in front of his residence in Tubutama, Sonora Thursday night. Reports say armed suspects dismounted from a three vehicle convoy consisting of two Jeep Cherokees and a Ford Lobo (F-150), forced the victim to the sidewalk and then shot him three times.
• An unidentified man and woman were found shot to death and beheaded in Toerron Thursday night. The victims were found near the intersection of calle Delicias and prolongacion Colon/
• Two men were found shot to death in two separate incidents in Torreon, Coahuila Friday, according to the Mexican news daily El Sol de La Laguna..
  • A man was found shot twice in the head near the corner of bulevar Río Nazas near the Puente Plateado in the El Arenal colony.
  • Mario Enrique Milän or Millar Iriarte, a taxi driver was shot to death Friday afternoon near the intersection of calles Juarez and Cinco de Mayo in the Alianza colony. Reports say armed suspects aprached the driver after exiting a Mercury Topaz, then shot and killed the victim.

From the Don't-Leave-Home-Without-It Department

A confrontation between Juarez Mayor Hector Murguia and Mexican Policia Federal agetns came moments away from erupting in gunfire, according to the Mexican news daily La Polaka.

Murguia and his security detail were travelling aboard a three SUV convoy when Mexican Federal agents stopped the convoy near the intersection of calles Libramiento and Mutualismo in the Manuel Gomez Morin colony.

When agents enquired the driver of the second vehicle, they were told the motorcade was the mayor's, but apparently no one in the vehicle had any valid identification on them. The lack of ID caused the gents to draw their weapons on the convoy, prompting Murguia to immediately exit his vehicle, apparently shouting angrily at one of the agents.

Insults were exchanged between Murguia and some elements of his security detail, as the Polica Federal site commander attempted to contact his superior by phone.

The confrontation ended without further incident a few minutes later.

A video of part of the incident can be found here.