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More Mexican Mayhem
2011-06-13
Posted by: badanov

32 Die in Northern Mexico

A total of 32 individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence in northern Mexican states including five family members in Guadalupe y Calvo, in far southern Chihuahua Sunday.

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• Three unidentified men were shot to death and a fourth was wounded Saturday afternoon in Chihuahua, Chihuahua. The victims were inmates at a drug rehabilitation center near the intersection of calles Zarco and 80th.
• Two unidentified individuals were shot to death and two others were wounded at a bar in Chihuahua, Chihuahua early Sunday morning. The victims were at the Las Quinta bar near the intersection of Colegio Militar and Monte Alva in the northern zone of the city when they were shot One of the victims was said to be a police officer.
• An attempted auto theft was thwarted Saturday night in Chihuahua leaving one unidentified armed suspect dead and three others wounded. The shooting took place in the Cumbres colony where a private security guard caught two men attempting to steal a vehicle. The guard shot and killed one suspect when a gun was drawn on him. Two other suspects were wounded in the shooting, but escaped the scene.
• An unidentified man was found dead along with a dog in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Sunday morning. The victim was found in a parked Mercury sedan near the intersection of calles 11 and Oviedo Baca in the Desarrollo Urbano colony. The victim had been dead for several days before nearby residents called police to investigate.
• An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Saturday. The victim was at a food stall near the intersection of avenidas Benemerito de las Americas and Valentin Fuentes when armed suspects shot and killed him.
• Two unidentified youths were shot to death in Juarez Saturday. The victims were near the intersection of calles Puerto de Palos and Puerto Duenquerque when they were shot.
• An unidentified man was found shot to death in Juarez Sunday. The victim was found beneath a bridge near the corner of the viaduct and calle Dalias wrapped in a blanket and gagged with duct tape.
• An unidentified man was found shot to death near Delicias, Chihuahua Saturday. The victim was found on an access road leading to the Rosetilla dam with a single gunshot wound to the head.
• Five members of a family were found shot to death near Guadalupe y Calvo, Chihuahua Sunday. The shooting took place in the village of El Terrero where armed suspects entered a family home and asked for an individual who was not there.

  The dead were identified as Margarita Palma Valdenegro, 65, Paula Chaparro Palma, 22, an unidentified teen aged 15, and two minor children ages 4 and 2.

  Reports say the shooters removed all spent cartridge casings from the scene.

• A skeleton was found in Sonoyta, Sonora Sunday. The victim was found on the Sonoyta-Puerto Peñasco and had been dead at least a year. Several spent 9mm casings were found at the scene.
• Three individuals were shot to death and two others were wounded in three separate incidents in Tijuana, Baja California Saturday, according to the Mexican news daily website Frontera.info.
  • In Jardin Dorado colony a man was found shot several times.
  • A man was shot to death inside a tire shop near the intersection of Calle Pizarro and Avenida De las Aguas in the Villa del Real colony. The victim was shot by armed suspects who were travelling aboard a vehicle. Reports say the victim and shooters were both members of the local drug gang El Huicho.
  • In Mariano Matamoros colony one individual was shot to death and two others were wounded in a shooting.
• An unidentified man was shot to death in Tijuana, Baja California Sunday. The victim was shot three times on Privada Los Olivos in the Cañadas del Florido colony.
• A total of ten individuals were shot to death in two separate shootings in Torreon, Coahuila Sunday according to reports published in Milenio and Diario de Juarez.
  • Five unidentified individuals were shot to death Sunday morning at a taxi stand. The shooting took place at about 0500 hrs on Avenida Tercera in the Braulio Fernandez Aguirre colony. Several AR-15 and AK-47 assault rifle spent casings were found at the scene.
  • Five unidentified individuals were shot to death in Torreon Sunday afternoon. The victims were near the intersection of rivada H and Avenida Sexta in the Eduardo Guerra colony when armed suspects travelling aboard a convoy fired rifles at he victims. A sixth individual was wounded in the volley.