18 Die in Northern Mexico
A total of 18 individuals were murdered in drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico that included seven unidentified youths shot to death Monday night in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon.
- Three unidentified men were shot to death in Juarez Saturday in three separate shootings, according to the Mexican news daily La Polaka.
- A man in his 30s was shot to death near the intersection of calles Nicolas Hermosillo and Francisco Portillo in the Ladrilleros y Caleros colony. Reports say he was shot six times.
- A man was shot to death at the doorway of an Oasis convenience store near the intersection of calles Garambullo and Miguel de la Madrid in the Heroes de la Revolucion colony.
- A street vendor was shot to death on calles Desierto de Kavir in the Paraje de Oriente colony by armed suspects aboard a Ford Lobo (F-150) pickup truck. He was shot with AK-47 assault rifles.
- The dismembered body of an unidentified man was found in Juarez Saturday evening. The victim was found in a Ford Explorer SUV near the intersection of calles Diamante and Cemento in the Lomas de Morelos colony, his head and hands on the front hood, and the rest of his body inside the vehicle cabin.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death in Juarez Sunday morning. The victim was found wrapped in a blanket on the streets near the intersection of calles Membrila and Manuel Acuña in the Zona Centro of Juarez.
- An unidentified man was found dead inside the trunk of a car in Juarez late Sunday night. The victim was found in a Nissan Altima sedan near the intersection of calles Emilia Perez and Los Aztecas. He was in his shirt and shorts, and had been gagged.
- One man was shot to death and another was wounded in a prison escape attempt in Parral, Chihuahua Sunday. Jose Gutierrez Rojas, 33, was shot to death and José Luis Campos Ãvila, 25, was wounded in the leg after they took a prison guard hostage at the Parral Centro de Readaptacion Social (CERESO) and managed to gain access to a firearm. Prison guards managed to subdue the prisoners and seized a .357 caliber and a .380 caliber handgun. The inmates squeezed off a few rounds at another prison guard who managed to escape the hostage taking scheme. Both men entered the prison April 25th for murder.
- A butcher was shot to death at his shop in Juarez Monday. The victim was at his shop near the intersection of calles Mina and Ignacio Alatorre when armed suspects entered the Carniceria La Pasadita shop and shot and killed him, as several customers watched.
- A man and a woman were shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Monday. The victims were shot by armed suspects who were travelling aboard a Chevrolet Blazer SUV near the Chihuahua city PRI headquarters on calle Progreso in the Zona Centro.
- The police chief of Altar, Sonora municipal police was shot and wounded in a traffic stop Monday. Francisco Gutierrez Moreno had stopped a Jeep SUV near the intersection of avenida Quiroz y Mora and Calle 8th when he was shot with a 9mm handgun following an argument with the driver. Reports say a GMC Yukon SUV with three Caborca municipal police officers were nearby as witnesses to the event but failed to intervene.
- A man was shot to death outside a pool hall in Tijuana, Baja California Monday night. José Luis Gomez Ibarra, 39, was coming out of the Pocket's billard hall near the intersection of Via Rapida Poniente and Paseo de los Heroes in the Zona Rio when armed suspects travelling aboard a sedan shot and killed him.
- Seven unidentified youths were shot to death in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon Monday night. The shooting took place at a shop near the intersection of calles Cantoral and Remanso in the Riberas de La Silla colony where armed suspects aboard a van fired on the group. The area is known for drug dealing and it is possible all seven were involved in drug dealing.
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