15 Die in Northern Mexico
Fifteen individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang lreated violence in northern Mexican state including a former police officer and his wife shot to death in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, and five armed suspects killed by police in Padilla, Nuevo Leon.
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- Two young men were shot to death in two separate incidents in Juarez Tuesday evening, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka. Alejandro Varela was shot to death near the intersection of calles Coquena and Tildio in the Granjas de Chapultepec district. Varela was visiting a girlfriend when he was found and executed by armed suspects. The second crime took place near the intersection of calles Oso Polar and Lince in the ECO 2000 district where a man tentatively identified as Jonathan Lóoez, in his 20s, was shot to death by a group of armed suspects aboard a sedan. Several .40 caliber spent cartridge casings were found at the scene.
- A second disruption at the Centro de Readaptacion Social (CERESO) in Aquiles Serdan was halted by prison staff Tuesday night after a few warning shots were fired, say Mexican press accounts. Tensions between rival gangs were intensified by prison officials' reaction to another disruption last Sunday, when visiting day was cancelled, is said to be a cause of the latest fight. The Aquiles Serdan CERESO is about five kilometers due east of Chihuahua, Chihuahua.
- An unidentified man was shot to death early Wednesday morning in Juarez, say Mexican press accounts. The victim was found in just his underwear with a gunshot wound to the head near the intersection of Bulevar Independencia and Calle Santiago Troncoso just before morning rush hour. A poster board inscribed with the word extortion was found nearby.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death at the site of a burned out motorcycle shop in Juarez Wednesday, according to Mexican news accounts. The victim was found with a note that said the victim refused to pay, probably an individual who failed to pay protection money. Reports say the victim was abducted prior to his murder.
- A young female law student was shot to death in Juarez Wednesday, say Mexican press reports. Eva Araly Chavez Alarcon, 21, died near a cell phone store near the intersection of Avenida Las Torres and Calle Santiago Troncoso. The armed suspect who did the shooting fled the area. Chavez Alarcon was a student at Universidad Regional del Norte law school.
- Two unidentified food vendors were shot to death in Juarez Wednesday, say Mexican press sources. The attack took place near the intersection of calles Mina and Membrila where the two victims, owners of a fried snack store dubbed Frituras Caseras La Rana, were shot. Reports say the pair failed to pay protection money to organized crime.
- A guardhouse at the Centro de Readaptacion Social (CERESO) in Aquiles Serdan was fired on by unidentified assailants early Wednesday morning, according to Mexican news sources. About ten shots were fired from a vehicle which then sped away. Reports say 9mm spent shells were found nearby.
- A former police officer and his wife were shot to death in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Wednesday, according to Mexican news reports. Juan Alberto Torres Rodriguez, 35, and Miriam Saucedo Alvear, 33, were sitting inside their Dodge Stratus near the intersection of Pedro Celestino Negrete and 18 de Marzo on the Tallere district when a single armed suspect shot the pair using a 9mm pistol. The shooting took place outside Alvear Electronics, where the armed suspect lay in wait. The business is owned by Miriam Alvear's brother. Torres Rodriguez was formerl an officer in the San Nicholas, Nuevo Leon police corporation.
- Five men were killed in an armed confrontation between security forces and gangs Wednesday morning in Padilla, Tamaulipas, say Mexican news accounts. The battle took place on the Ciudad Victoria-Matamoros highway about 35 kilometers northeast of Ciudad Victoria. No other details are available.
- An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Wednesday afternoon, say Mexican press accounts. The attack took place near the intersection of calles Leyva and Peral in the Chihuahua district where a lone armed suspect shot the victim five times.
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