Seventeen Die in Northern Mexican Violence
Seventeen individuals were murdered in ongoing gang and drug related violence,which included two Nuevo Leonn state police agents abducted at gunpoint Friday night.
- Three people were shot to death in the southern Chihuahua community of Parral Thursday, according to the Mexican daily El Sol de Parral. Martin Perea was driving a concrete contractor's van along with two others when he was shot by three unidentified armed suspects near the intersection of calles San Uriel and Villas del Real Thursday morning.
Gunman accosted the trio, telling the two passengers not to get in the van. The gunman then shot Perea with a .45 caliber pistol, killing him, but one of the passengers was hit as well.
Two young men in their 20s were shot to death near the Santa Rosales dam Thursday afternoon. One of the victims was identified as Jorge Urbina Sandoval, 21, of Juarez while the other remains unidentified. Investigators at the scene found .45 and .223 shell casings.
An unidentified person was abducted near Calle Del Cerro by suspects riding in a green van. The suspects apparently beat the victim before forcing him into the vehicle and driving away. Although authorities were quickly alerted they were unable to find the van tied to the abduction.
- A man was shot to death in Agua Prieta, Sonora Thursday, according to Mexican press accounts. Oscar Mccormick Velazquez, 37, was shot to death by armed suspects riding a Dodge Durango near the intersection of Calle 22nd and Avenida First Industrial in the Ejido district. One of the armed suspects used an AK-47 assault rifle.
- An unidentified assailant threw a disabled hand grenade into the offices of a Monterrey, Nuevo Leon radio station late Friday night, according to Mexican press reports. At about 2230 hrs. an armed suspect riding aboard a white Pontiac sedan threw a hand grenade through the front door of the Multimedios Radio radio station near the intersection of calles Paricutin and 2 de Abril in the Roma district.
Explosives experts at the scene determined that the grenade fuse was not in place and would not detonate.
- Two unidentified Nuevo Leon state police agents were abducted at gunpoint late Friday night in southern Monterrey, say Mexican press reports. The abduction took place near the intersection of calles Rio Nazas and Rio Aguanaval in the Las Retamas and Mexico district. Witnesses report hearing gunshots near the Tots hamburger stand, and seeing the patrol vehicle with flat tires. Investigators at the scene recovered several spent cartridge casings for an AR-15 assault rifle.
- Three men were shot to death late Friday night in Tijuana, according to Mexican news reports. Carlos Alfonso Alvarado Manzano, 32, Eleazar Meza Velasquez, 30 and Lucio Alberto Gonzalez Tovar, 22, were working outside a home at 2300 hrs. on Avenida Adolfo Lopez Mateos painting when armed suspects riding a vehicle attacked the trio. Apparently one of the three attempted to flee the attack but was hunted down and shot to death.
Police say that Alfonso Alvarado had a criminal record in California relating to drug trafficking. They also said his two partners were until a few weeks ago truck drivers before they began work on the residence. Police think the three may have failed to pay a tribute to their attackers and were gunned down in retribution.
Investigators at the scene found 12 9mm spent cartridges casings at the scene.
- A man and a woman were shot to death in an SUV at an intersection in Juarez Saturday afternoon, according to Mexican news reports. Eladio Jäuregui, 24, and Sandra Escobedo, 32, died when the Lincoln luxury SUV they were riding in was assaulted by armed suspects at the intersection of calles Gomez Morin and Ejercito Nacional. The car had Texas licence. plates. The driver, identified only as Mark, escaped the initial assault but was hit several times by bullets.
- Four unidentified young men were found shot to death on a highway in Chihuahua, say Mexican press reports. The four were reported abducted Friday on calles Hidroeléctrica de Chicoasén in the Los Arcos district in northern Chihuahua city.
The victims were found on Km. Marker 197 on the Chihuahua city to Delicias highway shot multiple times with high powered weapons.
- An employee of the Chihuahua Comisión Estatal de Derechos Humanos (CEDH) was shot to death Saturday in Chihuahua,according to Mexican media reports. Guillermo Alcaraz, who previously worked as a cameraman in local media, was shot aboard his Volkswagen Jetta in front of the offices of a local digital newspaper near the intersection of calles Blas Cano de los Rios and Alvarez de Arcila.
- Three unidentified men were shot to death in a sudden attack in Juarez Saturday afternoon, according to Mexican press reports. The attack took place as the three were conversing with two other men on calle Alvaro Obrego in the calle Alvaro Obrego dsitrict when they were attacked by armed suspects. The two other men were wounded in the attack and treated at a local medical facility.
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