Six Die in Northern Mexico
Six people died in northern Mexico in drug and gang related violence, inclusing the murder of three Mexican Federal agents.
- An unidentified man in his 20s was found shot in Chihuahua Sunday, according to Mexican news accounts. The discovery was made on the Meoqui a Läzaro Cärdenas highway at Km. 163 where the victim was found shot in the back. Investigaots at the scene found 25 .223 spent rifle cartridges and three cartridges from an AK-47.
- Municipal police in Juarez found four firearms on a street Monday including two automatic weapons, say Mexican news reports. Police seized from a car: 1 Ruger 9mm pistol, 1 Colt .45 pistol, 1 .223 assault rifle and 1 AP-9 submachine, 1 radio and 78 rounds.
The seizure took place on Avenida Juärez Porvenir, inn the Portal de los Olivos district.
- Two men and a woman with almost a half metric ton of marijuana and two automatic weapons were stopped by elements of the Mexican Army. Paciano Torres Velazquez, Heider Octavio Torres Fierro and MarÃÂa Magdalena Sonora Salazar were detained in Cuauhtémoc Monday after being found in possession of 240 kilograms of marijuana, 1 AK-47 assault rifle, 1 9mm AP-9 submachine gun, 31 unspecified weapon cartridges, and a Chevrolet Tahoe SUV.
The arrest took place near the intersection of calles 52nd and 53rd on calle Golondrinas in the Tierra y Libertad district.
- Three unidentified Mexican Federal agents were ambushed and killed in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Monday, according to Mexican news reports. The four agents were on a rolling stakeout when armed suspects fired on their vehicle. An agent managed to return fire, but three of the four died in the attack.
Investigators later found an abandoned Chevrolet Trail Blazer with several bullet holes in it on Calle Monte de Orizaba. Witnesses say armed suspects ditched the SUV and fled the area aboard a Chevrolet Suburban SUV.
- A woman was found shot to death Monday morning in Juarez, say Mexican news accounts. Alejandra Belträn, 25, was found near the intersection of calles Papayo and Pablo Picasso in the Las Huertas district. Investigators say she was kidnapped Sunday night from her home in the 1 de Mayo district. She was shot with a 9mm weapon.
- An unidentified man was found in Chihuahua, Chihuahua stoned and shot to death. The victim was found near the intersection of calles 74th and Méndez in the Cerro de la Cruz district. Witnesses say he was attacked by a gang.
- A man is listed in serious condition after being ambushed near his home in Juarez Monday, indicate Mexican news reports. Guadalupe Sapien, 53, was shot at his home near the intersection of las calles Julimes and Eje Vil Juan Gabriel, in the Nuevo Hipódromo district.
Sapien managed to drive himself to the hospital following the attack.
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