14 Die in Northern Mexico
A total of 14 individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence which included a former Nogales police commander shot to death and a bank robber in a botched armed bank robbery attempt.
- An unidentified man was shot to death Wednesday night in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, say Mexican press reports. The assault took place at the bar El Patio near the intersection of calles Segunda and TrÃÂas in the Centro Historico district when three men and a woman dismounted from a Nissan Altima and proceeded to shoot at the entry door of the bar. A second victim was wounded. Investigators at the scene found 9mm spent cartridge casings.
- Three unidentified men were found shot to death near Riva Palacio, Chihuahua Wednesday night, say Mexican news reports. The three victims were bound with material from their clothes, blindfolded with their own shirts and had been killed with a single gunshot wound to the head. The victims were found on Km. Marker 38.5 of the Sainapuchi-Cienega Grande road.
- A Juarez municipal police officer who was kidnapped Tuesday night was found dead Wednesday evening on a soccer field, say Mexican news accounts. José Benito Lopez had been shot to death, dismembered and decapitated with a message that gave the criminal group La Linia credit. His remains were found near the intersection of calles Bucareli and Rusia. Lopez had been with the Juarez police departent since 2003.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death in Juarez Wednesday afternoon, say Mexican press accounts. The victim was found near the intersection of calles Villas de Portugal and Facundo de Suviria in the Villas del Sur district. Investigators found 23 .223 spent cartridge casings at the scene. The victim was the last of four brothers in the same family who all died under similar circumstances.
- An unidentified man was shot to death in front of his residence in Juarez Thursday, according to Mexican new reports. The assault took place near the intersection of calles Juan Escutia and Ramon Rayon in the Zaragoza district.
- One unidentified man was shot to death and two others wounded in Juarez Thursday afternoon, say Mexican press reports. The assault took place as the three victims were riding aboard their Mercury Grand Marquis on Via Juan Gabriel when they were shot at by armed suspects riding aboard another vehicle. The driver crashed the vehicle and fled the scene along with the others, but the armed suspects pursued the victim and shot him dead. The two survivors found refuge in a seafood restaurant nearby.
- A former Nogales, Sonora police commander was shot to death in Nogales, say Mexican press accounts. José Dolores Quintero Alcantar was shot aboard his Dodge minivan at noon and later died while receiving medical treatment. The attack took place near the intersection of calle 27 de Agosto and Maclovio Herrera in the downtown district.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death in Nogales, Sonora late Wednesday night, according to Mexican press reports. The victim was found near the intersection of calles Maraton and Kennedy in the Kennedy district with a gunshot wound to the head and another in his leg.
- An unidentified man was found dead on the Saltillo-Monterrey highway Thursday, say Mexican press reports. The victim was wrapped in grey duct tact and stuffed into two cardboard boxes and left beneath a bridge at the 43 Km. Marker. The body was showing signs of decomposition when it was found.
- Two unidentified men were found murdered in two separate crimes in northern Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, according to the Mexican daily Milenio. The first victim, a man in his 30s, was found dead with a single gunshot wound in a vehicle near the intersection of calles Basamento and Brezo in the Fomerrey 114 district. In the second crime an unidentified man in his 20s was found in the trunk of a sedan near the intersection of calles Titanes and Minerva in the Nueva Linda Vista district. The victim was showing signs of decomposition.
From the It-Was-The-Clacking-That-Scared-Them Department
One dead and two wounded unidentified armed suspects, and one wounded civilian was the toll in a botched bank robbery attempt in Juarez Thursday afternoon, according to Mexican news reports.
The robbery attempt was made at the Bancomer Gomez Morin when six armed suspects entered the bank and proceeded to order the police officer on guard to disarm. Instead, the officer open fired on the group, causing the robbers to return fire then flee the building.
Two armed suspects were hit in the initial exchange of gunfire. A bank teller was also wounded in the crossfire. Outside one of the armed suspects were killed by gunfire from police.
Four members of the group were arrested. The sixth suspect managed to escape.
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