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| Six Die, 1 Missing in San Dimas, Durango |
| 2011-07-08 |
| For a map, click here. For a map of Durango state, click here. Six of seven individuals kidnapped Wednesday in San Dimas municipality in Durango were found shot to death in two separate locations, according to Mexican press accounts. Armando Villanueva Nuñez, Jesús Eloy Ayon Perez, 16, and Hipolito Ayon Perez, 35, were found in El Patillo which is an area directly adjacent to the village of El Muerto in San Dimas. Reports say about 20 armed suspects came to El Muerto, took their victims then murdered them shortly afterwards. All three victims lived and were born in El Muerto. The suspect then drove to Carbonera, and abducted four individuals. José Ramon Martinez Lozano, 32, Martin Romero Martinez, 35, and Pedro Romero Mata, 65, were all found nearby a short time later shot to death. The fourth kidnapping victim is still missing. San Dimas municipality has been the location of violence a few weeks ago. In late April, 2011, four men were found bound and gagged and shot to death in the village of Flechas. Three weeks before that, several homes in the village of El Zapote de Buena Vista were torched by armed suspects. To see Rantburg reports on violence in far western Durango click here and follow the links. Native Americans comprise the great majority of those who live in the Mexican Sierra Madres, many of them descendants of the Aztecs. Drug cartels, such as the Sinaloa Cartel and the Gulf Cartel all operate drug growing and drug laboratories in the western Sierras, and treat the inhabitants as serfs. The criminal gangs use threats and intimidation to get rural communities to grow drugs for sale. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 Uh.....they live in El Muerte? Nuff said. |
| Posted by: Oscar Clurt2403 2011-07-08 17:42 |