17 Die in Northern Mexico
Seventeen individuals were killed in ongoing drug and gang violence that included three men shot to death at an Agua Prieta, Sonora nightclub late Sunday night.
- Armed suspects seeking to collect extortion money from a grocery store owner were shot by the owner Saturday, killing one suspect and wounding another. The shooting took place at the El Amigo grocery store near the intersection of calles Salomon and Nogales in the Ampliacion Fronteriza Alta colony. The suspects arrived aboard a Buick sedan and entered the store armed with pistols and were shot by the owner with a shotgun. One suspect escaped with minor wounds.
- Two men were shot to death and another man was wounded at a nightclub in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Saturday night. Luis Roberto Lopez Jurado, 34, and Roberto Araiza Raso, 37, were sitting at a table at the Cartier Table Dance club near the intersection of calles Tecnologico and Eusebio Baez in the Deportistas colony when two armed suspects entered the club, locked the door and then commenced shooting. Six 9mm spent shell casings were found at the scene.
- A seven year old girl died in a Juarez hospital Sunday after she was struck by stray gunfire Friday evening. The shooting took place near the corner of Independencia and Talamas Camandari in the Luis Donaldo Colosio colony where a gunfight between police and armed suspects took place.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death in Carrizalillo, Chihuahua Monday. The victim was found in the Llanos del Sur colony lying face down with several gunshot wounds including a head shot.
- An unidentified man was found tortured and crucified in a remote area of Chihuahua Monday. The victim was spotted by tourists at the junction of the Casas Grandes and Palomas highways. The victim had tattoos that identified him with the Aztecas criminal gang.
- Two men were shot to death and a third unidentified man was wounded in a shooting in Juarez Monday. José Romo Lara, 59, and his son, Luis Ivan Romo Astorga, 18, were aboard a Lincoln Navigator SUV with the third victim near the intersection of calles Peras and Francisco Villa in the Manuel Valdez colony when they were fired on by armed suspects.
- An unidentified tour bus driver was shot to death in Chihuahua. The victim was just driving after being stopped on the Porvenir-Jilotepec highway when armed suspects shot him.
- One unidentified man was shot to death and another was wounded in an attack in Juarez Monday night. The victims were aboard a Ford Explorer near the intersection of Avenida de La Raza and Calle Plutarco Elias Calles in front of the Smart commercial center when they were fired on. The driver crashed the vehicle after he was shot.
- Three unidentified men were shot to death and another was wounded in an attack at a business in Juarez Tuesday. The victims were part of an appliance repair business near the intersection of calles Rivera de Piedras Negras and Riveras in the Etapa IV de Riveras del Bravo colony when armed suspects burst in into the place and started shooting. The three deceased attempted to flee the shooting by ducking between nearby residences, but were hunted and killed. The fourth victim was wounded as he attempted to flee the shooting aboard a Nissan sedan.
- An armed robbery was thwarted in Juarez Tuesday when an undercover police agent shot and killed a suspect. The incident took place near the corner of Calle Tarahumaras and Bulevar Zaragoza, when two suspects entered the Del Rio convenience store attempting to rob it using a knife as a weapon. An unidentified undercover police agent shot the armed suspect while the other fled the scene.
- Three men were shot to death at a nightclub in Agua Prieta, Sonora late Sunday night. Rafael Osuna Valdez of Culiacän, Sinaloa and Felipe Primitivo Gama, US resident and a third unidentified victim were drinking at the Metropolis night club just across the border from Douglas, Arizona when armed suspects entered and started shooting. Jehoban Felipe RodrÃÂguez RamÃÂrez, 25 and Alicia Gonzälez Väsquez, 48 were wounded in the shooting.
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