16 Die in Northern Mexico
Sixteen individuals were murdered in drug and gang related violence in northern Mexican including two Mexican Federal agents shot to death Wednesday,
- Two Mexican Federal agents were shot to death Wednesday in Juarez, according to Mexican news accounts. The victims were aboard a Ford Taurus when they were attacked in a scene stretching across 200 meters near then intersection of Bulevar Zaragoza and Calle Oaxaca. An unidentified female who was in the vehicle with them escaped the attack and the scene. The officers were on their day off when the shooting took place.
- One unidentified individual was shot to death and two others wounded in shooting in Juarez Wednesday, say Mexican news accounts. The shooting took place when a machine gun was fired on a Chevrolet Suburban near the intersection of calles Carlos Dickens and Calderon de la Barca. The driver was wounded, but one passenger was killed Two women and two children aboard he vehicle escaped harm, and a third male adult was detained unharmed as well. A fourth unidentified passenger was wounded as well.
- A medical doctor preparing to attend a vigil for a slain personal justice advocate was shot to death in Juarez Wednesday, say Mexican news accounts. Alfonso Perez Dominguez, 46, was at his residence near the corner of calles Santa Rosalia and Julieta Buchanan in the San Angel colony. Dr. Perez Dominguez was preparing the attend the vigil for Marisela Escobedo who was murdered in Chihuahua city last Friday night.
- Three unidentified individuals were shot to death and a fourth was wounded in two separate shootings in Juarez Wednesday according to the Mexican daily La Polaka. One man was shot to death by armed suspects near the corner of calles Zinc and Joaquin Terrazas in the Del Carmen colony. In the second attack two men were shot to death and a woman was wounded at the El Arriero taco stand near the corner of calles Puerto Principe and Carlos Amaya.
- A man was shot to death in Sacramento, Chihuahua, say Mexican news accounts. Jorge Rivera Portillo, 40, was shot at his residence by armed suspects who arrived at the scene aboard a GMC Yukon. Sacramento is near Kilometer25 of the Juarez-Chihuahua highway.
- An unidentified individual was found dead inside the trunk of a car Tuesday night in Juarez, according to Mexican news accounts. The victim was found in a Ford Taurus at the junction of Calle 20 de Noviembre, and Avenida Adolfo de la Huerta.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death at a Juarez police station Tuesday night. An unidentified man driving a Cadillac drove to the Aldama police station on Avenida Juan after he failed to drive the victim to a hospital when the victim died.
- A man was found shot to death in Mexicali, Baja California, say Mexican press accounts. Martin Zavala Padilla, 24, was found in the Venustiano Carranza colony beaten with a single gunshot wound to the head.
- Human remains were found in Mexicali, Baja California Wednesday, say Mexican press reports. One victim was found charred and half buried beneath some tires in a vacant lot while human remains were found inside a vehicle 100 yards away in the ejido Plan de Ayala in the Valle de Mexicali colony. It is unknown if the remains are one or two individuals.
- Two brothers were found shot to death in Tijuana, Baja California Wednesday, according to Mexican news reports. Omar Alejandro and Adrian Vargas Gomez were found aboard a Ford Taurus sedan near the corner of Avenida Baja California and Calle Capri in the Chapultepec Californias colony. A police patrol sweep of the area rounded up five suspects reports say may have been involved in the shooting. Six 9mm spent casings were found at the scene
- A municipal police officer was fond shot to death in Torreon, Coahuila Sunday, say Mexican press accounts. Ever Abraham Flores was found shot to death and his body mutilated near the intersection of Periferico Raul Lopez Sanchez and Bravo in the Campo Nuevo Zaragoza colony. Flores was reportedly abducted almost three weeks ago.
- An unidentified individual was found shot to death in Torreon, Coahuila, say Mexican press reports. The victim was found at a construction site on Calle Campo de Orquideas in the Campo Nuevo Zaragoza colony shot in the neck.
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