17 Die in Chihuahua, Sonora
Seventeen individuals were murdered in ongoing dfrug related violence in the northern Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora, according to Mexican press accounts.
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- A woman in her 20 was found shot to death in southern Chihuahua state Friday. Unice Salazar Lozoya, 25, was found near the Jimenez-Camargo highway days after she was reported abducted in Camargo. The victim suffered a single gunshot wound to the head.
- Two unidentified men were shot to death in southern Juarez. The victims were leaving the Clinica Contra Adicciones drug rehabilitation center near the Bip Bip Rapiditos convenience store near the intersection of calles Centeno and Jilotepec where they were shot by several armed suspects.
- Two unidentified ranch workers were found shot to death near Trias, Chihuahua, west of Chihuahua city Friday. The victim were found on the Ejido Santa Rosa in the Angel Trias colony shot numerous times and left beneath a Dodge Dakota farm truck.
- An unidentified man was shot to death in Juarez Friday. The victim was attacked by armed suspects at his residence near the corner of calles Pablo Tellez and Mijes in the Azteca colony. Reports say the shooters arrived in a Chevrolet Tahoe prior to the shooting.
- One Juarez municipal police was shot to death and another was shot and seriously wounded in Juarez Friday night. Gerardo Garcia and Arturo Hernandez were attacked aboard their official patrol vehicles near the intersection of avenidas Paseo Triunfo and Vicente Guerrero. Reports do not make clear which officer died.
- An unidentified man in his 30s as shot to death in his car in Juarez Friday night. The victim was driving his Cadillac Deville sedan when he was shot near the intersection of calles Michoacan and Miguel Hidalgo in the Salvarcar colony. Family members at the scene said the victim had been under a death threat for some time before he was killed.
- One unidentified armed suspect was killed and three others were arrested in a shootout in Juarez Friday nught. The suspects were intercepted by a unit of the Policia Federal near the corner of calles Morelia and Tecnologico when the shooting started. Three of the victim's accomplices attempted to escape through the Pink Panther bar nearby, but were placed under arrest before they could make good their escape.
- An unidentified teenage male was shot to death in northern Chihuahua, Chihuahua. The victim was shot in the Real de Mina colony as he was walking with acquaintances when armed suspects aboard a sedan shot at the victim, killing him.
- Five unidentified men were found shot to death in two separate crimes near Chihuahua city Saturday.
- Four men were found shot to death on a road near the town of El Sauzal. The victims were gagged, hands bound and shot once each.
- A man was found shot to death on the road to Gran Morelos. The victim was gagged with his hands bound, and shot several times.
- A kidnap victim was found dead in Juarez Satutday. Laura Evangelina Murillo Flores, 42, was abducted days ago, and negotiations for a ransom payment were in progress. The victim was found near the corner of calles Quinta Blanca and Vicente Guerrero in the Las Quintas colony.
- An unidentified individual's skeletal remains were found near Sonoyta, Sonora Friday. The victim was found on Kilometer 20 of the Sonoyta-Puerto Peñasco road. The victim had been shot to death, and several spent AK-47 assault rifle cartridge casings were found at the scene.
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