13 Die in Northern Mexican Drug and Gang Violence
Thirteen people died in ongoing gang and drug violence including a state police investigator in Sonora and six unidentified men inn Chihuahua.
- Three unidentified men and one prison official abducted yesterday afternoon were found hanging from two bridges in Juarez, early Sunday morning, according to Mexican press reports. The two bridges were at Vialidad Los Nogales and Puentes del R Almada.
José Manuel Scott Gonzalez, chief of Trustees in the Chihuahua state CERESO in Juarez, was abducted at gunpoint by six armed suspects at a hair salon, was found dead and hung this morning at one of the bridges.
- Six unidentified men were found shot to death on the Chihuahua-Delicias highway Sunday afternoon, say Mexican press reports. The dump site was about 500 meters from the highway on a road leading to Estación Horcasitas, near Km. Marker 189. The victims were bound and gagged, and shot in the head.
- A young mother in her 20s was found shot to death and burned near Juarez Sunday morning, according to Mexican press reports. The victim was found on Electrolux highway between calles Mar de Plata and Fundadores de America. Investigators think the victim was shot and burned in the same spot.
- A Sonora state police investigator was found shot to death on a remote highway in Sonora, according to Mexican news accounts. Arnoldo Quintero Alcantar, of Ciudad Obregon, was found on the Agua Prieta-Naco highway shot multiple times. Alcantar was based in Cananea.
- An unidentified 39 year old man was found shot to death in his pickup truck in Hermosillo, Sonora Saturday afternoon, according to Mexican press reports. The assault took place at a grocery store near the intersection of
Fuerza Aérea Mexicana and Hidroavión in the La Manga district. Witnesses say the victim was just leaving the grocery store when armed suspects aboard a luxury vehicle shot him.
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