19 Die in Northern Mexico
A total of 19 individuals were murdered in northern Mexican states in ongoing drug and gang related violence which included four youths shot execution style Tuesday in Juarez.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Monday morning, say Mexican news accounts. The victim was found wrapped in a blanket on calle Rio Amazonas in the Riberas de Sacramento colony with several gunshot wounds to the head.
- An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Monday afternoon, according to Mexican news reports. The victim was attacked by armed suspects using assault rifles in front of the Chili's restaurant on Avenida Manuel Gomez Morin while driving his Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck. The victim crashed the vehicle into another vehicle as he was shot.
- An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Monday afternoon, say Mexican press accounts. The victim was driving his Hinda Civic near the corner of calles Puerto Obladia and Salado in the Heroes de Mexico colony when he was shot.
- A police officer was shot to death in Juarez Monday evening say Mexican press reports. The victim was driving his Chevrolet Silverado with an unidentified adult female and a child aboard when he was shot. Reports say the officer was the intended victim of an earlier shooting in the same area, and that the earlier shooting was likely a mistake. The passengers were unharmed in the assault.
- A shootout between police agents and armed suspects has left four unidentified individuals dead total Tuesday, according to Mexican news accounts. The attack took place at the Gorditas Tony gorditas restaurant near the intersection of calles Juan Escutia and Francisco Zarco in the Melchor Ocampo colony where two police agents were dining. An armed suspect fired on the officers prompting return fire killing one the agents, and three other civilians. The other police agent was wounded in the gunfight.
- Four young men were shot to death in Juarez Tuesday afternoon, say Mexican news accounts. The victims were executed near the intersection of calles Rivera Ixtapalapa and Rivera Peñasco in the Etapa VII colony when armed suspects forced the victims to their knees and then shot them. Two of the victims were children and silbings, and reports say two were Chinese
- A man shot in the chest late Monday night died of his wounds, say Mexican press reports. Juan Carlos Ordoñez Ordoñez, 21, was shot near the junction of Bulevar Independencia and Calle Independencia in the Tierra Nueva ciolony just before 2300 hrs Monday night.
- A man was shot and wounded in Tijuana, Baja California Monday night, say Mexican press reports. Fernando Montoya Gomez was involved in a brawl on Avenida Diego Ãlvarez in the Los Naranjos colony when he was shot. Several youths approached the victim and opened fire hitting him in the jaw.
- A man was found beaten to death on a remote highway in Coahuila, say Mexican press accounts. José Rosario Mendez Mejia, 40, was found on Coahuila state highway 75 near El Esterito with visible wounds to several parts of his body. Reports say the victim was likely a kidnap victim who was abandoned.
- Two extortionists were shot to death by police intervening in a payment drop Saturday night in Torreon Coahuila. Officers came to Bulevar Revolucion and Calle Muzquiz to participate in an extortion payment drop when one of the victims open fire on the police. Return fire killed Luis Roberto Gonzalez Gutierrez, 17, and Miguel Angel Holguin Hernandez, 16. A stolen Chevrolet Corsica sedan was recovered at the scene which was the subject of the extortion.
- A man was found shot to death late Sunday night, according to Mexican news reports. The victim was found near the intersection of Bulevar Torreon 2000 and Prolongacion Allende on the Loma Real Dos colony shot in the head and chest.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death Sunday night in Torreon, Coahuila, say Mexican press accounts. The victim was found aboard a Nissan sedan near the corner of Periferico Raul Lopez Sanchez and Sección 35 in the Sindicato de Maestros colony with a single gunshot wound to the head.
From the Try-Going-Out-of-Business Department
Two blankets with "narcomessages" have announced the services of the Sinaloa drug cartel in bringing the killers of a personal justice advocate to justice, say Mexican news accounts. Marisela Escobedo was shot to death Friday night by an unidentified assailant in Chihuahua,a shooting which has enraged officials, citizens and local press in Chihuahua.
Escobedo was involved in a personal crusade to bring her daughter's alleged killer to justice after he was released last May from time served in the murder of her daughter two years ago. The accused killer, Rafael Barraza Sergio Bocanegra, has ties to Los Zetas criminal gang in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. Los Zetas are a bitter nationwide rival of the Sinaloa drug cartel, and have ties to the Juarez drug cartel as well. The Sinaloa cartel is the Juarez cartel's main rival in Chihuahua state. The blankets were quickly removed by police.
A summary of the murder of Marisela Escobedo can be found here. |