24 Die in Northern Mexico
A total of 24 individuals were killed in drug and gang related violence that included five unidentified individuals immolated in an attack at a bar in Juarez, Chihuahua.
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- One unidentified man was shot to death and two others were seriously wounded Saturday morning in Juarez. The victims were parked aboard a Toyota pickup truck near the intersection of calles Manuel Goytia and Carlos Amaya in the Constitucion colony when armed suspects fired AK-47 assault rifles at them. More than 74 spent shell casings were found at the scene.
- One unidentified man was shot to death another was wounded in a shooting in Juarez Saturday morning. The victims were out for a walk with two female companions when armed suspects aboard a vehicle opened fired on them near the intersection of calles Hiedra and Manuel J. Clouthier. The two female companions were unharmed.
- Three unidentified men and two women were immolated in an attack on a bar in Juarez late Friday night. The attack took place at the bar Las Barritas near the intersection of avenidas Oscar Flores and Francisco I Madero in the La Presa colony. Reports are unclear how the fire started. Some reports say the bar was doused in gasoline and set afire deliberately while others say hand grenades were used to start the blaze. Four .223 caliber spent shell casings were found at the scene.
- One man was shot to death in a billards hall in Juarez Saturday. The shooting took place at the Las Olas billards hall near the intersection of calles 2 de Ugarte and Juarez in the downtown area when a single armed suspect burst into the pool hall and shot the victim.
- An unidentified father and son were shot to death in northern Chihuahua Saturday. The victims were on foot near the intersection of calles Educacion and Aceros de Chihuahua when armed suspects travelling aboard a Jeep Cherokee fired AK-47 assault rifles at them. Reports say more than 20 spent shell casings were found at the scene.
- Two unidentified men were found shot to death late Saturday night in Chihuahua, Chihuahua. The victims were found inside a vehicle near the intersection of avenidas Juan Escutia and Miguel Barragan.
- A man was shot and wounded in Caborca, Sonora late Friday night. Cristian Arredondo Castro, de 27, was found lying on the ground next to his Toyota vehicle shot twice in the neck. Two 9mm spent shell casings were found at the scene.
- Three individuals were shot to death and another was wounded in a shooting at a seafood restaurant in Tijuana, Baja California Saturday. Reports say that Gilberto Vargas, the restaurant's owner, Rosario Carrillo, 30, and a third unidentified victim who fled immediately following the shooting were killed. One other unidentified man was wounded. The shooting took place near the corner of Calle Comercial and Bulevar Industrial in the Otay Constituyentes colony where a lone armed suspect entered the eatery and started shooting, then fled the area aboard a vehicle. Nine 9mm spent shell casings were found at the scene.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death early Sunday morning in Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon. The victim was found on Avenida CapellanÃÂa in the El Centenario colony shot five times. Reports sat an unidentified suspected shooter was detained by a nearby Mexican Army detachment. Reports also say the spent shell casings came from at least two different caliber weapons.
- A man was stabbed to death in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon Saturday night. Jorge Alberto Hurtado Teill, 36, died of his wounded in a local hospital. Hurtado Teill's family told Nuevo Leon state police he had been stabbed in the Zertuche by gang members, who also had pointed a gun at him.
- An unidentified man in his 20s was stabbed to death by members of a local gang in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon Saturday night. The victim was part of a group of five individuals who were travelling on foot to buy hamburgers. Members of a local gang initiated a fight with male members of the group near the corner of calles Francisco Villa and Graciano Bortoni in the 31st Deciembre colony. Reports say three individuals were detained by local municipal police in connection with the stabbing.
- Eight individuals were murdered in three separate incidents in Monterrey and San Nicholas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon Saturday, according to the Mexican news daily Milenio.
- Four unidentified men were shot to death in the Constituyentes de Queretaro colony in San Nicholas de los Garza at around 1500 hrs Saturday. The pursuit and shooting took place near the intersection of calles Salvador Alvarez and Carlos Ramirez where the victims were travelling aboard a Dodge Concorde sedan when they were fired on by armed suspects after a brief pursuit. The fourth victim was found dead a few blocks away in a warehouse near the corner of calles Murrieta and Luis M. Hugo Rojas.
- Three youths were shot to death in the Tierra y Libertad colony of Monterrey at around 1540 hrs. The victims were found near a residence near the corner of calles Ejercito Libertador and Cajeme, where they had been fired on by armed suspects travelling aboard a vehicle.
- A 16 year old youth walking with his female companion was pursued and shot to death in Monterrey. Jonathan Rodriguez Rico and his unidentified girlfriend were in the El Porvenir colony when armed suspects initiated a pursuit, which ended near the intersection of calle Hera and Camino Real, when Rodriguez Rico was shot several times in the head.
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