14 Die in Northern Mexico Violence
Fourteen individuals died in ongoing drug and gang violence in northern Mexican states including an ambush on Mexican Federal agents and four presumed gang members tortured and shot to death.
- Seven unidentified individuals were shot to death in two separate crimes Saturday in Juarez, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka.
The first shooting took place outside a hair salon near the intersection of calles Himno Nacional and Jose Casavantes in the Felipe del Real district. Witnesses say a group of armed suspects arrived at the location aboard a Ford Explorer, entered the business and started firing. Four people were killed and a fifth was wounded in the attack.
The second attack took place at a residence near the intersection of calles Ignacio MejÃÂa and Magnesio in the Los Portales district where two teenagers and an adult were shot to death by unknown gunmen
- Three unidentified Mexican Federal agents were wounded in an ambush in Juarez Saturday, according to Mexican press reports. The attack took place near the intersection of calles Hiedra and Clouthier in the district where the agents were stopped at a filling station for water and fuel for their vehicles when armed suspects riding aboard vehicles open fired. The firefight lasted about 20 minutes, and the suspects fled the scene when reinforcements arrived.
- A man was found shot to death in Parral, Chihuahua, according to Mexican press reports. Jesus Arroyo Rodriguez, 46, was shot three times and hit in the head and torso near the intersection of calles Agustin Melgar and Callejon Guerrero in Parral.
- Two unidentified men in their 20s were shot to death in south Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, according to Mexican press reports. The shooting took place near the intersection of calle Prolongacion de Hilario Martinez and privada Siete de Septiembre. Both men were were bound by their hands and feet, and shot in the head.
- Four unidentified men were found tortured and shot to death in an empty bullring in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas early Sunday morning, according to Mexican press reports. The corpses were found handcuffed and gagged with messages scrawled on cardboard. Reports say the deaths were probably related to the recently ended gun battles between criminal gangs in the streets of Nuevo Laredo which ended Thursday with the arrival of Mexican Army units.
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