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More Mexican Mayhem
2011-01-26
37 Die in Northern Mexico

A total of 37 individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang violence in northern Mexico including five individuals shot to death in a bar in Tijuana, Baja, California, which included a former police officer.
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  • Two unidentified men were shot to death in two separate shootings in Juarez Monday, according to the Mexican daily La Polaka.
    • A man was shot near the inetrsection of calle Ponciano Arriaga and Candelario Cervantes near an Oasis convenience store in the División del Norte colony.

    • A man was shot near the intersection of calles Santiago Troncoso and Valle del Cedro in the Torres del PRI colony.

  • Six unidentified young men were shot to death and two others were wounded in an attack on a community center in Juarez Sunday night. The shooting took place at the Centro Comunitario Municipal Francisco I. Madero near the corner of calles Balderas and Soto Gama, where armed suspects interrupted a sporting contest, and shot them.

  • An unidentified woman was shot to death early Monday morning in Juarez. The victim was dumped in the streets near the corner of calles Irma Ferriz and Maria Teresa Rojas in the Olivia Espinoza colony, and shot three times.

  • An unidentified teenager was shot and later died early Monday morning in Juarez. The victim was shot on calle Isla Caledonia in the Guadalajara Izquierda colony, and then transported by a friend to the Delicias municipal police station, but died on the way.

  • Three unidentified men were shot to death in the Francisco I Madero colony in Juarez Monday, says news reports from the Mexican daily La Polaka.
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    • Two men were shot to death and a third wounded near the intersection of calles Marcelo Caraveo and Almada.

    • An unidentified man was shot to death near the intersection of Cromo and Hospital in the Barrio Alto.

  • Two men were shot to death and a third was wounded in a shooting in the San Francisco de Conchos municipality in Chihuahua state. Armed suspects dismounted from an SUV shot the victims near the Iglesia de Cristo Mateo on Kilometer 14 of the Camargo-Boquilla highway. Carlos Talamantes Valverde, 37, was found dead inside his Ford Fiesta sedan, while the other two victims, Alfonso Retana Escarcega 54, and his son Alfonso Retana Talamantes, 24, were found inside the church. Retana Talamantes died of his wounds

  • Two Chihuahua state police agents were shot to death and a third was wounded in Juarez Monday. The victims were attacked at the Plaza Juarez Mall near the corner of calles Tecnologico and Ejercito Nacional when an armed suspect aboard a Chevrolet Cheyenne pickup truck fired on the victims who were riding in personal vehicles.

  • An unidentified man was shot to death in his residence in Juarez Monday. Armed suspects aboard a pickup truck entered the front courtyard of the house, near the intersection of calles 40 Ejidatarios and Ecuatorial in the Rincones de Salvarcar colony, by tying rope to the front gate and pulling it down using the vehicle. The suspects then shot the victim and fled the scene.

  • An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Tuesday. The victim was shot three times near the corner of Calle Che Guevara and Bulevar Zaragoza near a school in the Manuel Valdez colony.

  • An man was found dead in an area south of Caborca, Sonora Monday. Jesus Sanchez Barragan, 22, was reported missing last January 22nd.

  • Five individuals were shot to death in an assault in a bar in Mexicali, Baja California Monday. Three armed suspects entered the bar La Resaca near the intersection of Calzada Cuauhtemoc and Calle Rio Sonora, went to the table where the victims were sitting and opened fire on them. One of the victims was identified as Gutierrez Elizarraraz, a former police officer. The four other victims were identified as Guadalupe Salazar Beltran, Arturo Salazar Aispuro, and José Eduardo Castro Hernandez.

  • A man was found shot to death in Tijuana, Baja California Tuesday. Raul Ayon Hernandez, 30, was found in an area east of the city. Several .45 caliber spent shell casings were found at the scene.

  • Five individuals were shot to death in Tijuana, Baja California Sunday and Monday, according to the Mexican news daily La Frontera.
    • An unidentified man was found beaten to death in Tijuana near the intersection of bulevar Lazaro Cardenas and Rinconada del Laurel in the Rinconada de Otay colony.

    • A couple was found shot to death in their residence in Tijuana Baja California Sunday. Jazmin Yesenia Castro Zazueta, and José Antonio Francisco Espinoza Carrera were found lying face down in a bed at their home on Calle Valle del Castillo in the Parajes del Valle in the Presa Rural delegation.

    • An unidentified man was found shot to death in Tijuana, Baja California Sunday. The victim was shot on the Buena Vista pedestrian bridge in Zona Río near Via Rapida Oriente and Bulevar Padre Kino shot twice.

    • A man was found shot to death in Tijuana Sunday. Emiliano Mondragon Cruz, 51, was found in a mechanical shop in Tres de Octubre colony shot multiple times. Several 9mm spent casings were found at the scene

  • Four individuals were found murdered in Torreon, Coahuila Sunday and Monday in three separate crimes, according to the Mexican news dailEl Sol de Laguna.
    • The heads of two unidentified men were found near the intersection of Bulevar Revolucion and Calle Valdes Carrillo near the Ferrocarril museum Sunday. The headless body of one victim was found near a shopping center while the other was found near the corner of Avenida Morelos and Calle Torreon Viejo in the Sector Alianza colony.

    • The beheaded body of an unidentified man was found in Torreon, Coahuila Sunday. The victim's head was found near Plaza Civica on Bulevar Constitucion, while the victim's torso was found nearby.

    • An unidentified man was found shot to death on Calle Luis Reyna in Antigua Aceitera. The victim was shot three times. Ten spent 9mm casings were found at the scene.

  • An inmate at a local Centro de Readaptacion Social (CERESO) succumb to his wounds Sunday sustained in a beating 12 days before. José Carmelo Lopez Rodriguez was serving time since December 2010 for his part in the murder of a minor female in ejido Boquilla de las Perlas in the Viesca municipality of Torreon, Coahuila.

  • The bodies two unidentified beheaded men was found in Torreon, Coahuila and Gomez Palacio, Durango. Both victim's heads were found near the interswction of Bulevar Rio Nazas and Calle Cobian.
    • A victim's torso was found near the intersection of Salvador Creel bridge and Calle Tamazula in an industrial area of Gomez Palacio. The victim had been stabbed to death.

    • A second headless victim was found near the corner of Solidaridad bridge and periférico Raul Lopez Sanchez in Torreon.
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