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More Mexican Mayhem
2011-09-27
Posted by: badanov

So much for the Juarez "Endless Summer" edition.

Back to the body counts. For a map, click here.

31 Die in Northern Mexico

A total of 31 individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence in northern Mexican states including two Juarez police commanders murdered over the weekend.

• One unidentified armed suspect and two Chihuahua state police agents were wounded in a shootout in Meoqui, Chihuahua on Sunday. Several armed suspects carrying AK-47 assault rifles were encountered and fired on by police agents.


• Two unidentified men were shot and wounded in Hacienda de las Torres colony in Juarez on Monday. The shooting took place near the intersection of calles Azabache and Alazan where armed suspects travelling aboard a Nissan sedan opened fire with assault rifles on the pair. The victims were taken by private car to a local hospital.


• A newly appointed chief of guards for Juarez was shot to death in his home in Juarez on Saturday night. Simon Saul Estrada Luevano, 36, was found at his home on calle Rivera del Olimpo in the Riberas del Bravo colony shot to death.


• A commander with the Juarez municipal police was shot to death Sunday night. Lieutenant Roberto Carlos Maldonado Ruiz, 38, was aboard his car on Bulevar Zaragoza after finishing his shift at the Babicora station in southern Juarez when he was shot at 2000 hrs.


• Four unidentified men were shot to death Sunday morning in Juarez. The victims were at a residence in the Riveras del Bravo colony when they were killed. An unidentified woman who was abducted at the scene was found dead Monday.


• Three unidentified men were found shot to death in a garage in Morelos Zaragoza colony on Sunday night.


• Two unidentified men were found shot to death in Chinipas, Chihuahua on Friday night. The victims has been seen travelling aboard a white van near Boca del Arroyo.


• Two unidentified individuals were shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua at 2000 hrs Friday night. The victims were at a residence in the Vistas Cerro Grande colony when they were shot. More than 60 spent casings for AK-47 assault rifles were found near the scene


• Two unidentified men were shot to death in Delicias, Chihuahua on Friday afternoon. The victims were handcuffed and shot in front of a school.


• An unidentified man was shot to death in Delicias on Saturday afternoon. The victim was at a residence on calle De la Haya in the Las Palmas colony when he was pulled from the home and shot to death.


• An unidentified man was abducted from a local hospital in Delicias, Chihuahua and then shot to death.


• Four unidentified men were found shot to death near Rosales, Chihuahua on Sunday. Authorities were called to the location to find two men left dead on the road and two inside a vehicle.


• Three unidentified men were found shot to death in western Chihuahua state on Sunday. The victims were found aboard a Chevrolet Suburban near San Francisco del Oro.


• Two unidentified men were found shot to death in Nogales, Sonora on Friday morning. The victims were spotted at a location about 250 meters from bulevar Ensueño. Both men had been tortured before they were shot to death.


• A man in his 20s was found shot to death in Ciudad Obregon on Saturday. Martin Damian Avila Carrillo, 23, was found on Calle Michoacan in the Bahia de Lobos colony shot once in the head.


• A man police said was involved in transporting drugs into the US was found shot to death near Caborca, Sonora on Friday night. Jesus Edgar Galindo Rivera, AKA El Duende, 21, who lived in Caborca, was found on a desert road in the El Arenoso region near Caborca at about 2000 hrs.


• A man was found shot to death near Pueblo Yaqui, Sonora on Sunday. Juan Diego Rodriguez Enriquez, AKA El Tomon, 26, was found in near the intersection of calles 18 de Julio and 8 de Marzo in the Tobarito colony in the Valle del Yaqui. He had been shot several times in the chest with an AK-47 assault rifle.


• Two unidentified men were found dead in a hidden grave in Hermosillo, Sonora late Sunday night. The victims were found in the ejido El Realito. Reports do not say how the victims died.