Nine dead in Northern Mexico
Nine people died in drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico, which included an executed poll worker in far southern Chihuahua, and a botched attack on a police jail in Hermosillo, Sonora, say Mexican news reports.
- An unidentified poll worker for Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) gubernatorial candidate for Chihuahua, César Duarte, was found shot to death Saturday morning, according to Mexican press reports. The man in his 20s was found in a section of road leading to Ciénega de Ceniceros dubbed by local authorities "Brecha de la Muerte" ( Breach of Death ) in far southern Chihuahua. He had been shot multiple times with a 9mm weapon.
This murder represents the second time a Duarte election worker had been murdered in three days and a third violent event in the election cycle in less than a week.
Mexican elections for statewide offices are set to take place in July. Duarte is currently in the lead in polls against his opponent Carlos Borruel of Partido Acción Nacional (PAN ).
- An unidentified man was found shot to death and hung by his feet over a bridge early Saturday morning in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, according to Mexican news reports. Investigators at the scene are checking as to whether the victim was a kidnapped Mexican federal agent.
The victim was found hung by the handrail on the bridge near Juan Escutia and Tecnológico Avenues. A message was left with the body, roughly translated: "Welcome, here we are waiting." The victim was found with his hands bound and he was wrapped in a blanket.
- Two employees are a bar in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, were assassinated in front of bar patrons late Friday night according to Mexican press accounts. Silvia Camacho, 40, and Caesar Peñaloza, 36, were working at the "3006" bar near Fuentes Mares and Octava streets when a group of armed men walked armed with rifles and opened fired on the two victims.
Witnesses say ten armed hooded men arrived at the bar from five light trucks, and murdered the two without saying a word to anyone.
- Two victims were found dead on the Horcasitas to Delicias highway around Km. Marker 199. No other details were available.
- An unidentified man was shot to death following a car chase in Juarez Saturday, according to Mexican news reports. Witnesses say the pursuit began at Perimetral Carlos Amaya Street and ended near Los Aztecas and Tetzalez streets where the victim crashed into a parked SUV.
Witnesses say the victim futilely attempted to avoid the shooting by ducking between the front seats of his Dodge Shadow.
- An unidentified man was shot late Saturday afternoon in the Diego Lucero district of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, according to Mexican news reports. Residents on Carolina del Sur de Quintas del Sol street where the shooting took place reported hearing numerous shots.
- A kidnapped lawyer was found dead in a coastal city in western Sonora, say Mexican press reports. Jorge Obed Leyva Castro, 32, was found in a shallow grave in Puerto Peñasco-Sonoyta. He was reported kidnapped April 20th. He worked at the Junta de Conciliación y Arbitraje for the city.
Investigators say he was shot in the head,. Spent rifle casings for an AK-47 was found in the grave.
Municipal police had been searching for another missing police officer, Porfirio Espindo Väzquez, when they came upon the grave. Väzquez was reported missing May 8th.
- Two men were arrested after they attempted to spring a third man from a Hermosillo, Sonora jail, Mexican news reports say. Miguel Méndez Mendoza and Javier Alejandro Sänchez Campa, both 23, were arrested at 0500 hrs Saturday morning at a residence at Garmendia and Siete streets in the Praderas del Sol district of Hermosillo, which was under police surveillance.
Police say the pair intended to attack an agent at a police substation, but were intercepted and placed under arrest. A third unidentified suspect managed to escape arrest.
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