More Mexican Mayhem
2010-06-04
Posted by: badanov
13 Die in Northern Mexico
Thirteen people died in drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico, including a prison riot which killed three, and three minor children who may have been accidentally killed by the Mexican Army.
- Two men were killed and 13 more were wounded, eight by gunfire, in a prison riot late Wednesday night, according to Mexican news reports. José Luis Garay was killed by gunfire, while Fabiän Mauricio de la Rosa Varela died from burns presumably from a Molotov cocktail.
The riot was a battle between rival prison gangs, the Mexicles and the Aztecas.
Reports were that inmates at the CERESO prison at San Guillermo in Juarez were armed with assault rifles and had body armor, and had done most of the shooting, and were the only targets in the violence. The violence was centered around Tower Eight. Authorities gained final control of the prison around 1530 hrs today.
- The leader of a drug cartel faction were busted in Parral, Chihuahua Wednesday, according to Mexican news reports.
Isidro Rubio Ibarra, alias Mi Niño, was arrested while driving a stolen white Jeep Cherokee by elements of SecretarÃÂa de la Defensa Nacional ( SEDENA ). Also seized were eight kilos of marijuana, one AK47, one .40 caliber pistol and more than 8,000 pesos.
Rubio Ibarra headed the group "Gente Nueva", which worked for "Chapo" Guzmän".
- Four unidentified students were massacred in a park late Wednesday night in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, according to La Polaka, the Juarez, Mexico news daily. An armed suspect fired a weapon in the Unidad Emiliano Zapata park on Soriana San Lorenzo street where several students had congregated. Several more students were wounded in the attack.
- An unidentified woman dressed as a business executive, was found shot to death in Juarez early Thursday morning. The corpse was found near the intersection of Monterrey and Acapulco streets in the Melchor Ocampo district of Juarez.
The woman was shot four times, twice in the head. Investigators said she was about 25 years old.
- An unidentified man in his 30s was found shot to death Thursday morning in Juarez, say Mexican news accounts. The victim was found behind the library near the intersection of Arroyo de las VÃÂboras and Begonias streets in the Felipe Ãngeles district. Investigators said he was shot with a 9mm weapon.
- Two unidentified men were killed in separate incidents in Juarez, according to Mexican news reports. A man was performing minor maintenance on his Cadillac near the intersection of CapulÃÂn and Zaragoza streets when he was shot several timer point blank in the head by a man riding in a green colored vehicle.
Another man, a mechanic by trade, was walking to his home for lunch on Juan de la Barrera street in the Melchor Ocampo district of Juarez when he was shot by a man riding aboard an SUV. His corpse was covered with a multicolored blanket.
- Three minors were shot to death by elements of the Mexican Army on a highway in Tamaulipas, say Mexican news reports. Daniel Hernändez, 13, a student of Secundaria Mujica; Cesar Alejandro Cuellar, 15, and Eduardo Cuellar, 17 were shot as they rode in a Dodge Ram pickup truck on the Reynosa to Nuevo Laredo highway.
The students were from Estación Anzalduaz, a farming community in the Gustavo DÃÂaz Ordaz municipality in Tamaulipas. Authorities announced they were investigating why the shooting took place and if more than just the three were in the truck when it was attacked.