11 Die in Northern Mexico
Drug and gang related violence claimed the lives of 11 people in northern Mexican states; violence which included the murder of two Chihuahua state detectives and a raid by criminal elements on a remote central Chihuahua community.
- An unidentified man was shot to death at a barber shop in Juarez, according to Mexican news reports.The shooter entered the Ramirez barber shop near the intersection of calles MarÃÂa Esther Ãlvarez and Los Aztecas in the Aztecas district and shot a 25 year old man. The shooter also fired over the heads of the employees an clients before leaving the scene.
- Two Mexican state detectives were shot to death in an ambush in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Wednesday evening, according to Mexican news accounts.
Luis Carlos ManrÃÂquez Portillo and Jorge Alberto Sosa ChÃÂo were shot aboard their official Dodge Ram pickup truck near on calle Club de Leones de Chihuahua in the Praderas de León district. The two men were detectives in Chihuahua Secretaria de Seguridad Publica (SSPE), the main police organization for the state of Chihuahua.
Reports are armed suspects riding aboard a Volkswagen Jetta were involved in the shooting. Investigators at the scene found a number of spent cartridge casings from an AK-47, a .45 caliber and a 9mm weapon at the scene.
- Two unidentified men were shot to death as they emerged from their vehicle in Juarez Wednesday evening, according to Mexican news reports. The victims were shot as they left their Nissan Altima near the intersection of calles Tomas Alba Edison and Simon Bolivar in the Americas district. The two were had apparently stopped at a restaurant when they died.
- Two unidentified men were found shot to death in a highway near Chihuahua, Chihuahua, according to Mexican news reports. The victims were found with bullet wounds and had been covered with black colored cloth on Km. 9 of the Chihuahua to Cuauhtémoc, near the town of Labor de Terrazas.
- A man was shot to death while riding his bicycle in Juarez Thursday afternoon, say Mexican news accounts. Arturo Raúl MacÃÂas, 53, was shot in front of his home near the intersection of calles Montes Himalaya and Oscar Flores in the Lomas de San José district of Juarez. He was hit nine of eleven times, including a final shot to the head.
- Several armed suspects riding in a multi-vehicle convoy raided a remote community in central Chihuahua Wednesday evening, say Mexican news reports. Gran Morelos was the site of the attack at about 1630 hrs. No one was reported hurt, and the only damage was a home that was burned by the suspects near the town public square.
- A man in his 20s was shot to death near his home in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, say Mexican news reports. Gerardo Antonio de León Gonzälez, 20, was found dead near his home near the intersection of calles Privada Tabasco and Nueva Independencia in the Independencia district.
Witnesses say the victim was "hunted" by a group of armed suspects who shot him several times.
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