10 Die in Northern Mexico
Ten individuals were killed in drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico that included the mayor of Zaragoza, Coahuila shot to death Friday.
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- An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Thursday afternoon. The victim died when armed suspects took the victim at his residence near the intersection of calles Rodrigo Barragan and Margarita Robles de Mendoz in the Maria Martinez colony then shot him a short distance away. The shooters then went to the victim's brother's residence a short distance away and set it afire.
- Two unidentified men were shot to death and a third was kidnapped in an intergang firefight in Juarez Thursday. The shooting took place near the corner of calles Grosella and Centeno in the El Granjero colony and lasted almost ten minutes. Two men in two different vehicles were shot to death. Subsequent reports say more than 300 shots total were fired in the gunfight. Also, "narcografitti" put up later that day referring to the gunfight challenged Mexican Federal agents to a gunfight. Reports also say the Juarez cartel armed wing La Linea was involved in the firefight.
- A Juarez city councilman was carjacked Friday. Victor Valencia Carrasco was leaving a convenience store near the junction of calles La Raza and Newton in the El Futuro colony when he was attacked by a suspect. The suspect fled with Valencia Carrasco's Chevrolet Cheyenne pickup truck.
- An unidentified man was found dead inside a vehicle in Tijuana, Baja California. The victim was found inside a Kia sedan on calle Claveles in the Valle de las Flores colony.
- The skeletons of four individuals have been found near Ojinaga, Chihuahua in the last 30 days. The last victim was found last Sunday near Ojinaga eight kilometers away on a dirt road leading to El Mulato at the ranch Puliques, while the rest were found at a landfull dump near the city. The latest victim had identification papers identifying him as Salvador Dominguez Ortiz, 34, a local man.
- A 17 year old man was shot to death near Nogales reportedly by an agent of the US Border patrol. The victim died at a local hospital after being transported by three unidentified men following the shooting. Reports are the victim was shot while attempting to cross the border into the US, and fell on the Mexican side of the border.
- The mayor of Zaragoza, Coahuila was found dead Friday in Nuevo Leon. Saul Vara Rivera was reported missing the day before and was presumed kidnapped. Vara Rivera was found in Galeana just across the border with Coahuila, and was reportedly shot with an AK-47 rifle.
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