15 Die in Northern Mexico
A total of 15 individuals were killed on drug and gang related violence in northern Mexican states, according to Mexican news accounts.
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- Two unidentified men were shot to death at a convenience store in Juarez Friday. The shooting took place near the intersection of calles Oscar Flores and Sierra Madre del Sur where the victims were stopped at a Bip Bip Rapiditos store. One victim was shot and killed inside his Dodge Neon while the other died attempting to flee the assault.
- Two unidentified teenagers were shot to death in Juarez early Saturday morning. The victims were shot by armed suspects near the corner of calles Magneto and Privada Gonzalez on Mexico 68 colony.
- Five unidentified individuals were murdered in two separate crimes in Juarez Saturday morning.
- Four unidentified men were shot to death and immolated on Kilometer 23 of the Casas Grandes-Juarez highway. The victims were aboard a van when they were executed, each shot at least once in the head. The vehicle was subsequently set afire. A short distance away another victim was found aboard a Saturn sedan also shot in the head and the vehicle set afire.
- An unidentified man was found dead in Ejido Zapata.
- Two inmates were stabbed to death in a brawl Saturday near Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Armando Perez Torres, 30, and Manuel Orozco Solano, 37, died in their cells during a fight at the Achilles Serdan Centro de Readaptacion Social (CERESO). Reports say the CERESO director quit Friday for personal reasons.
- An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Saturday. The victim was at his residence near the junction of calles Emiliano Zapata and Flores Magon in the Pancho Villa colony and shot several times. Several 9mm spent shell casings were found at the scene.
- A Baja California state police agent was shot to death while serving an arrest warrant in Tijuana. Jose Miguel Guerra Acuña, who was assigned to a warrant squad, entered a residence on bulevar Casablanca in El PÃÂpila colony and was shot and killed.
- Two unidentified armed suspects were shot to death in a shootout with a special police unit in Tijuana incident to a warrant service operation. The shootout took place on bulevar Casablanca in the El PÃÂpila colony. The suspects fled warrant service in El Pilupula colony armed with AK-47 assault rifles when they encountered the police and died in the ensuing firefight. Two unidentified municipal police officers were wounded in the firefight.
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