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Caribbean-Latin America
More Mexican Mayhem
2010-09-22
11 Die in Northern Mexico

Eleven people were murdered in ongoing violence in northern Mexico which included an unidentified young pregnant woman shot to death in Juarez Monday night.
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  • An unidentified man was shot to death at a gas plant in Juarez Monday afternoon, say Mexican press reports. The attack took place near the intersection of calles Mariano Matamoros and Francisco R. Almada where armed suspects shot the victim ten times.

  • Three unidentified men were shot to death in two separate crimes in Juarez Monday night, according to the Mexican deaily La Polaka. In the first incident two men were found naked to the waist beneath a bridge shot a total of 20 times near the intersection of calles Paseo de la Victoria and Cielo Vista. A message left at the scene said the pair were involved in carjacking and extortion. The second incident was a dumped body in the Villas del Sur district.

  • An unidentified manager of a car wash was shot to death in Juarez, say Mexican enws accounts. The attack took place near the intersection of calles Ejercito Nacional and Del Jaral in the San Angel district where several armed suspects dismounted from a Dodge Caravan to shoot the victim as he sat in his office.

  • An unidentified woman was shot to death In Juarez, according to Mexican press accounts. The shooting took place at a residence near the intersection of calles Calexico and Oro Grande in the Praderas del Sur district where an armed suspect shot the victim at least six times. Reports say the victim was about six months pregnant.

  • An unidentified man was found shot to death in Juarez Monday night, say Mexican news reports. The victim was found in a vacant lot near the intersection of calles Miguel de la Madrid and Benjamín E. Uriarte in the Paseos del Alba district. Reports are the victim was shot with a 9mm weapon.

  • A man was found shot to death in Parral, Chihuahua Monday night, say Mexican press accounts. Jesus Manuel Sotelo Nuños, 28, was found on calle Ajusco in the Montañas district dead from multiple gunshot wounds from an AR-15 assault rifle.

  • Two unidentified mutilated individuals were found dead in Los Alamos, Sonora, according to Mexican news reports. The victims were found near the intersection of Canal de Riego and the International Highway in the Fuerte-Mayo district. Reports do not detail the mutilation of the bodies.

  • An unidentified man was tortured and beaten to death in Torreon, Coahuila Monday say Mexican news reports. The victim was found near the intersection of Avenida Ferrocarril and Calle Durango in the Victoria district dead from a blow to the head. Marks of torture were found on the victim's torso.

From the Not-What-We-Had-Planned-Afterwards Department

A municipal police patrol rescued a burglar who was beaten by a large mob in a central Mexican village, according to Mexican news reports.

News about the activities of three burglars spread prompting a gathering of a large group of about 600 villagers in the village of San Juan Tezompa, Mexico, who caught one of the criminals.

The crowd began beating the unidentified unfortunate man, as his two other companions fled in a taxi cab. Elements in the crowd threatened to kill their captive when a traffic patrol arrived to take custody of the burglar.

The burglar was later transferred to state legal authorities, however, police facilities were surrounded by villagers to monitor the supposed hand-off.
Posted by:badanov

#3  Sorry about that.

The villagers surrounded the police station to monitor the hand off. Corrected.

Are we seeing the beginnings of a pattern? Have the people lost confidence in the government to protect them from criminal gangs who have pushed too far? Seems unlikely, but...

Mexico has been averaging about two of these incidents a months since May, when we started doing Mexican news. The lynching in Ascension, Chihuahua is the first actual lynching with fatalities, and the most violent this far north.

It bears mentioning the La Polaka reports the residents of Ascension are already running their own checkpoints. If we start seeing more of these actions, it may well be the start.

Mexican message boards have been buzzing since about May with talk of a second Mexican Revolution and a violent reaction to organized crime.

It just takes one captured drug cartel weapons warehouse.
Posted by: badanov   2010-09-22 19:26  

#2  The burglar was later transferred to state legal authorities, however, police facilities were surrounded to monitor the supposed hand-off.

Hmm. They don't state if the facilities were surrounded by police or the people....
Posted by: Ptah   2010-09-22 12:56  

#1  large group of about 600 villagers caught one of the criminals.. began beating the.. man

Are we seeing the beginnings of a pattern? Have the people lost confidence in the government to protect them from criminal gangs who have pushed too far? Seems unlikely, but...
Posted by: Glenmore   2010-09-22 07:35  

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