13 Die in Northern Mexico
A total of 13 individuals were murdered in drug and gang related violence in northern Mexican states including a Juarez CIPOL detective shot to death Wednesday morning and a top Los Zetas operative shanked in a Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas prison Tuesday evening.
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- Three unidentified men were shot to death in Juarez Tuesday afternoon, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka. The first crime involved a group of armed suspects riding aboard a grey sedan who shot two bicycling individuals near the intersection of Eje Juan Gabriel and Carretera Casas Grandes. The pair were stopped and watering when they were attacked. In the second crime, an unidentified 35 year old man as found shot to death near the intersection of calles Cholultecas and Acoluhas in the Azteca district.
- Five unidentified individuals were murdered in two separate incidents in Juarez Tuesday night, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka. The first crime was a discovery of two corpses near the intersection of Avenida Ejercito Nacional and Calle Camino Viejo a San Jose behind the Universidad Pedagogica Nacional. The victims were found gagged with a plastic bag and tape with their hands bound. The second crime was a shooting near the intersection of calles Emilio Carranza and Antimonio in the Aldama district where three victims were shot to death by a lone armed suspect. The victims were a couple in their 50s and a 20 year old.
- Two armed suspects shot an individual to death at a Juarez movie theater Tuesday night, say Mexican press reports. The shooting took place near the intersection of Bulevar Oscar Flores and Bulevar Zaragoza at the Cinepolis movie complex at the Gran Patio Zaragoza mall in theater nine. The victim was a young woman.
- A Chihuahua, Chihuahua CIPOL agent was shot to death and another was wounded in an attack in Chihuahua city early Wednesday morning, say Mexican news reports. Rene Portillo Marquez, 35, died at the scene near the intersection of calles Garcilaso de la Vega and la Roberto Nuñez in the Chihuahua district, while the other unidentified agent was transported for medical attention. Seven spent cartridge casings for an AK-47 assault rifle were found at the scene. CIPOL is similar to a detective bureau.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death at a park in central Juarez, say Mexican news reports. The man was found near the intersection of 20 de Noviembre and Juan de la Barrera near the Parque Borunda. Eleven 9mm spent cartridge casings were found at the scene. Witnesses say armed suspects riding a red Dodge Neon shot and killed the victim.
- A top operative for Los Zetas criminal gang serving time for murder was murdered in a Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas prison Tuesday according to Mexican press sources. Jose Luis Carrizales Coronado was killed in a prison bathroom by an unidentified inmate who used an improvised weapon using a nail. Jose Luis Carrizales Coronado was arrested in 2005, and has recently been transferred from a prison in Jalisco.
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