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More Mexican Mayhem
2010-08-18
Posted by: badanov

16 Die in Northern Mexico

A total of sixteen individuals died from drug and gang related violence, which included the murder of two young sons of a female Juarez CIPOL agent and two Juarez municipal police officers ambushed near their police station.

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• Five men were shot to death in two separate crimes in Juarez Monday night, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka. Three unidentified men, two in their 20s and one man about 60 years old, were shot to death near the intersection of calles Rodesia and Angola in the Infonavit Aeropuerto district. In the second crime, two men were found shot to death calle Orestes Pereyra in the Independencia II district. The victims were tentatively identified as Ricardo Eduardo Lujan and Alonso Arambula Garcia.
• An unidentified man was shot to death south of Juarez, say Mexican press reports. The attack took place on Km. Marker 69 of the Porvenir-Juarez highway where witnesses say several armed suspects shot the victim several times.
• Two sons of an unidentified female Juarez CIPOL agent were strangled to death in their home Monday, say Mexican press reports. The attack took place at a residence near the intersection of calles Altamira and Candelaria in the Parajes del Sur district, where armed suspects used plastic bags to kill the two young brothers. The CIPOL agent has been threatened several times before by elements of organized crime. CIPOL is similar to a city detective squad.
• An unidentified man was found shot to death in Juarez Monday afternoon, say Mexican press accounts. The discovery was made near the intersection of calles Cromo and Violetas in the Bellavista district.
• Two Juarez municipal police were shot to death, according to Mexican press reports. The attack took place near the intersection of calles Gomez Morin and Faraday near the Estacion Cuauhtemoc. The officers were aboard their official pickup truck when armed suspects started fired weapons at them. One officer attempted to evade the attack after the vehicle crashed by dismounting and fleeing, but was caught by gunfire, while the other died still in his vehicle.
• An unidentified man was found in his car shot to death in Nogales, Sonora, say Mexican news reports. The find was made on Calle Puerto Rico in the Esperanza district. Police think the victim was shot from another gunfire exchange near Galeria Norte, where another unidentified individual was shot near the intersection of calles Ruiz Cortínez and Artes.
• Tijuana, Baja California municipal police officers were shot at in two separate crimes, according to the Mexican daily La Cronica. At about 0330 hrs, two officers were investigating a theft at a residence on calle Vallecitos in the La Gloria district when several armed suspects emerged from the residence and fired on them and then fled on foot. The second crime took place when an officer arrived home following his shift and was ambushed. None of the officers involved were wounded in the attacks.
• A Chihuahua woman died Monday from wounds she received in a home invasion in Mesa de Agostadero in the Balleza municipality near Parral, Chihuahua, according to Mexican press accounts. Alberta Lopez was shot in the temple Friday when armed suspects broke into her home and shot her and another unidentified 27 year old individual, who died at the scene.
• An unidentified man was shot to death during a gunfight between armed suspects and elements of the Mexican Army in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, say Mexican press accounts. The battle took place near the Estanzuela shopping mall at about 1500 hrs. It is unknown if the victim was armed or involved in the firefight at the time of the shooting.
• The young wounded victim of the Sunday night shooting in Fomerrey 45 district in Monterrey died today, say Mexican press reports. Johnny Rangel Silva, 14, was shot along with three relatives in a suspected gang shooting, which sparked a large road block campaign by criminal gangs in the streets of Monterrey. The three other young men all died at the scene.
• A Monterrey police officer died of his wounds he received in a July 17th shootout in Santiago, Nuevo Leon, say Mexican press reports. Mauricio Morales Sarabia, 33, was shot along with two other officers who died in the ambush.