The shootout at Urique is not a confirmed event at the moment and the between two and six dead are not included in today's 3M body count.
A trend is becoming apparent for criminals to file false reports in order to draw security elements into ambushes, so the 48 Hour Rule holds for the shootout in Urique
24 Dead in Gang Violence in northern Mexico
At least 24 people were killed in drug and gang violence in northern Mexico in events which included shootouts in Urique, Chihuahua and Torreon, Coahuila, as well as a dead Juarez CIPOL agent, Mexican news reports say.
- Five men were killed including two Coahiuila State Police agents in an apparent ambush in Torreón, Coahuila, according to published Mexican news reports. The ambush took place in a commercial area known as Four Caminos, which is next to a residential area after the police agents were called to investigate a report of suspicious vehicles.
According to reports, the agents were shot at by suspects who were aboard more than ten vehicles of various makes in a running gun battle. One agent was killed at the scene while another died after receiving medical treatment.
Police reports say three unidentified suspects died at the scene and several more were wounded, but evacuated by their partners in crime.
Police seized two light trucks. Aboard they found hand grenades and other munitions police say were going to be used against them. A third light truck was found on Revolucion Boulevard, but it had been emptied of evidence.
- A large shootout involving about 20 suspected gang members in two groups left two dead, according to Mexican news reports. Elements of the 52nd Military sone of the SecretarÃÂa de la Defensa Nacional ( SEDENA ) were deployed to the southern Chihuahua town to find weapons and bodies.
Residents of Urique say the gun battle lasted about 40 minutes. News reports suggest as many as six dead.
- Two men were found shot to death Thursday morning on a highway in Chihuahua, according to Mexican news reports. Alex Caraveo Tarango, 35, and Juan Carlos Fierro Alvarado, 20, were found at Km. 38 of the Cuauhtémoc-Carichàhighway with their hands and feet bound with black cable ties and clear tape. They were both shot several times.
Alvarado was previously reported missing.
- A CIPOL agent was found executed Thursday afternoon near the commercial center El Pasito in central Juarez, according to Mexican press reports. Francisco Vargas Ramirez died at the scene.
The attack took place on 29th Street, between Juärez and Aldam streets. Reports say the victim was shot with AK-47s
- Two unidentified men were found shot to death aboard a truck on Hidroeléctrica de Chicoacén Street in Juarez Thursday afternoon. Reports say the men were shot with AK-47s. Three shooters were aboard a gold colored Volkswagen Jetta. Very few details were available.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death in an ironworks only minutes after two businessmen were found shot near Hidroeléctrica de Chicoacén. Reports say the man was shot with AK-47s by armed suspects riding a Dodge Voyager.
- A man was shot to death and two others wounded on Ejercito Nacional street near Avenida Valentin Fuentes in Juarez Thursday morning, according to Mexican news reports. Witnesses say Octavio Mata, 26, his brother Juan, and a companion, Pedro, were shot aboard their red 1980 Nissan Pathfinder by a suspect more than 30 times.
- Investigators said five woman were found Wednesday evening cut up in several trash bags aboard the Chevrolet pickup truck on a highway outside of Juarez, according to published accounts. According to reports, the silver colored Silverado truck was stolen.
Subsequent reports indicate there were five victims; all woman, and all murdered with an axe.
- Two unidentified men were shot to death and another man as wounded in an attack which took place late Thursday afternoon in the El Granjero district of Juarez. The attack took place near the intersection of Sorgo and Pitaya streets, and may have involved members of the same family.
- An unidentified man was shot to death in front of his wife, who was wounded late Wednesday night, according to Mexican news reports. According to witnesses the couple were attacked as they emerged from their black Chevrolet pickup truck at their home near the intersection of Jesús Chävez Orozco y Eduardo Viral Loya in the Educación district of Juarez.
The man died instantly of several shots to the head while his wife was wounded in the legs.
- A man was ambushed in front of his home in the Rosario Tesopaco district of Hermosillo, Sonora, according to published Mexican news reports. Marco Antonio Quijada Valenzuela, 39, was gunned down by an unknown number of suspects armed with AK-47s as he was leaving his home. The victim's wife and children were apparently unharmed in the attack.
Investigators found 74 spent rifle casings at the scene and a 9mm derringer on the victim.
- An unidentified man was shot to death in the Conjunto Habitacional Infonavit 5 de Mayo district of Nogales, Sonora, according to published Mexican press accounts. According to investigators, four armed men aboard gray Jeep Liberty shot the man using AK-47s.
- Two unidentified men in their 30s were found shot to death next to the highway to Delicias, Chihuahua, Thursday evening according to Mexican news reports. They were found near Km. 199.
The men with their hands bound were shot in the head near a scene where other recent executions have taken place. The victims may have been kidnapped.
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