23 Die in Northern Mexico
A total of 23 individuals have been murdered in gang and drug related violence that included the murder of a motorcycle police officer and a state police agent in Juarez Saturday.
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- Four unidentified individuals were shot to death in an armed assault near a shopping center in western Chihuahua, Chihuahua Friday, say Mexican news accounts. The attack took place near the intersection of Periferico de la Juventud and Calle Haciendas del Valle where two individuals were gunned down in a restaurant while two others were killed outside on the sidewalk. Reports say armed suspects riding aboard an SUV and a Volkswagen Bora dismounted from their convoy and started shooting.
- An unidentified 56 year old man was rescued by Mexican Federal agents in Juarez Friday, according to Mexican news accounts. The victim was found bound and nude in a residence near the intersection of calles Cripton and Mariano Samaniego in the Consumidores district. A suspect was arrested as he tried to escape the police cordon.
- A municipal police traffic officer, a state police agent and an unidentified female civilian were shot to death in three separate crimes Friday evening, say Mexican press accounts. Two municipal motorcycle police officers were operating a radar speed trap on the corner of avenida de los Aztecas and Basalto in the Azteca district when they were fired on by unknown assailants. One unidentified officer was shot to death while another was wounded. In the Parque Gema district a state police agent was found executed near his official Dodge Ram pickup truck. In Lomas de Morelos district an unidentified woman was dumped dead in the streets with a .40 caliber gunshot wound to her head.
- Four unidentified men were found shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Friday evening say Mexican news accounts. The discovery was made in the Quintas Montecarlo district on Kilometer 10 of Highway 45. The four victims were gagged with tape and hands and feet bound with rope.
- An unidentified man was dumped dead in the middle of the street in Juarez Saturday, say Mexican news accounts. The victim has been shot and handcuffed when he was thrown out of a moving vehicle near the intersection of calles Justo Sierra and Ramirez in the El Barreal district.
- Two unidentified men were found shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Saturday afternoon, say Mexican press accounts. The victims were found in the El Reliz park near La Salle University, and had apparently been there for a few days.
- Three unidentified men were shot to death and two others were seriously wounded in an attack in Juarez Saturday afternoon, say Mexican news reports. The victims were found at a residence near the intersection of calles Elisa Dosamantes and Guillermina Dieguez in the Los Colorines district. Reports say armed suspects chased the five into the residence where they sought refuge before the armed suspects opened fire.
- Four unidentified men were shot to death in four separate shootings Saturday night and Sunday morning in Juarez according to the Mexican daily La Polaka. At a park near the intersection of calles Berilio and Azucenas in the Bellavista district a man was found shot to death leaning against a park bench. At about 2300 hrs a municipal police officer was found shot to death outside of his residence near the corner of calles Valle de Colima and Valle del Sol in the Frontera Nueva district. In the Fray Garcia de san Francisco district a man was shot to death reports say was a fugitive. Finally in the Bar Amores on Avenida Jilotepec, a man was taken to a spot in the bar and shot to death by armed suspects. A fifth incident earlier Saturday evening involved a suspected thief who was shot by Mexican Federal agents at a Smart Lopez Mateos.
- A man and a woman were found in a shallow grave south of Nogales, Sonora, say Mexican press accounts. Martha Guadalupe Camargo Ceron 43, and Armando Ortiz Echeverria, 41 were found in the La Mesa district in a dried creek bed half buried. Both victim were reported missing October 19th and both had been tortured before they were killed.
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