Statistical note: The total dead for northern Mexico is at least 28 dead total, including the mass grave in Monterrey with 14 dead and four killed by the Mexican Army
10 Die in Northern Mexican Drug and Gang Violence
Ten individuals died in gang violence that included three dead Chihuahua state police agents and one dead Coahuila state police agent.
- A man was found shot to death in his home in Juarez Tuesday afternoon, say Mexican news accounts. Mario Meza Arellano, 37, died when armed suspects stormed his home near the intersection of calles Puerto la Esperanza and Puerto Habana in the Tierra Nueva district. Investigators found 9mm spent cartridge casings at the scene.
- Three Chihuahua state police agents were shot to death and four others were wounded in a shootout in Juarez Tuesday afternoon, according to Mexican news accounts. The dead are identified as: Judith Muñoz Silva, 25, Ernesto Méndez Delgado, 23, and Omar Vargas Duarte Benito 25, while the injured is surnamed Gonzälez SolÃÂs.
Two agents were shot near the intersection of calles López Mateos and Posada Pompa when they attempted to stop an armed suspect. One agent was killed at the scene, the other later while receiving medical attention.
Two civilians were shot and wounded in the crossfire. Two more state police were also shot when they attempted to come to the rescue of the first two. One died at the scene
- Three men were shot to death while playing basketball Tuesday night in Juarez, according to Mexican press accounts. Lauro Menchaca, 48, and Ismael Caldaza, 23, died at the scene at the park on calle Montes Himalaya in the Lomas de San Jose district. Jose Guadalupe Ortega, 37, died later at the hospital Witnesses say an armed suspect shot the trio without saying anything a word.
- A shootout between Chihuahua state police agents and armed suspects led to the closure of a major shopping mall Wednesday afternoon in Juarez as hundreds of local, state and federal police searched for the gunmen. The initial encounter took place near the intersection of calle Teofilo Borunda and Avenida las Torre when state police agents and armed suspects shot at each other. The subsequent pursuit took the officers to inside the Plaza Mission shopping mall.
Three female state police agents were shot in the firefight in their official Chevrolet Cheyenne pickup truck.
Police cordoned off the area and while searching department stores mall goers and employees wee evacuated. Reports are hundreds of police vehicles and activity locked traffic in the area as the search continued.
It is unknown if any of the armed suspects were arrested, but the mall returned to normal operation after an hour. A subsequent release of a newsletter by mall operators said no shots were fired inside the mall, that police agents searched the stores as a precautionary measure.
- An unidentified Chihuahua city merchant's son was shot to death Wednesday in Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Armed suspects entered Cooking Accessories Chale store the near the intersection of Avenida Heroico Colegio Militar and calle Sicomoro to ask for the merchant. Unable to make contact they attempted to abduct the son, but a struggle ensued and the young man was shot to death at the scene. Witnesses say the merchant was assault for failing to pay protection money.
- An unidentified female police officer was shot and critically wounded Wednesday afternoon, according to Mexican press reports. The shooting took place at the Delicias station near the intersection of calles Oro y Norzagaray. when the officer was preparing to leave in her gold Ford Explorer.
- An unidentified Coahuila state police agent was shot with another victim in a confrontation in Torreon Tuesday afternoon, according to Mexican press reports. The assault took place at a junkyard near the intersection of calles Raul Lopez Sanchez and La Union when armed suspects aboard two vehicles entered the yard and threatened six people working there. Two of the employees attempted to flee, but one was shot to death.
The Coahuila state police agent arrived on the scene during the shooting and was shot and injured by one of the armed suspects. He later died on the way to receiving medical attention.
The armed suspects managed to flee the area.
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