16 Die in Northern Mexico
A total of 16 individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence in northern Mexico including a drug dealer shot to death in Juarez Saturday.
- Mexican Federal agents raided an safehouse in Juarez Thursday night netting a large number of weapons and munitions. Included in the seizure were three .50 caliber Barrett rifles, 60 AK-47 assault rifles, more than 30 fragmentary and smoke grenades, 26,800 rounds of ammunition, as well as military tactical gear. The safehouse was located near the intersection of calles Fisica and Arquitectura in the Universidad colony. No arrests were made in the raid.
- Two unidentified individuals were found murdered in Juarez early Saturday morning, according to the Mexican news daily La Polaka.
- A woman was found tortured and shot near the intersection of calles 15 de Septiembre and Francisco Villa in the Tierra y Libertad colony. The victim had been gagged with duct tape and was barefoot.
- A man was found shot to death near the intersection of calles Edmundo J. Dieguez and Montemayor in the Melchor Ocampo colony.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death in Juarez Saturday morning. The victim was found alongside the road to the Juarez Electrolux plant. Several 9mm spent cartridge casings were also found at the scene.
- Two unidentified men were shot to death in Chihuahua, Chihuahua Saturday night. The victims were in the garage of a residence on calle Vicente Güabardereca a espaldas del panteón La Colina colony when armed suspects travelling in a two vehicle convoy fired on them.
- A skeleton was found in Juarez Saturday afternoon. The find was made near the intersection of Calle Cristo Curiel and Carretera Camino Real. Reports say the area the victim was found is one that organized crime in the area uses to dump murder victims.
- An unidentified man dressed as a cowboy was shot to death in the village of San Isidro town in the Valle de Juarez municipality near the intersection of calles Mariano Abasolo and Vicente Suarez. Eight 9mm spent cartridge casings were found at the scene.
- An unidentified man in his 20s was shot to death in Juarez Sunday. The victim was in the neighborhood soccer field near the intersection of calles Isla Gran Bretaña and Isla Cozumel in the Guadalajara Izquierda colony when he was shot. Reports allege the victim was a local drug dealer.
- An unidentified man was shot to death Monday morning in Juarez. The victim was found by parents and school children who were heading to school near the intersection of Paseo de los Reyes and Paseo in the Lilas colony near the Casas Grande highway.
- An unidentified man was found shot to death in Sonoyta, Sonora Sunday. The victim was found on the Ejido Papgos-Puerto Penasco road shot twice. Shell casings were found at the scene but the caliber was not reported.
- An unidentified man was mutilated and immolated in Mexicali, Baja California Sunday. The victim was tossed upon a pile of trash and tires near the Jardin de la Esperanza cemetary in the Zona Oriente. The victim apparently had no arms or legs.
- A man was stabbed to death in Tijuana, Baja California Sunday. The victim attempted to resist an armed robbery on Bulevar Las Aguas in the Villa del Sol colony in the La Presa delegation after leaving a late night party.
- Four men were murdered in three separate incidents in Torreon, Coahuila, according to the Mexican news daily El Sol de Laguna.
- Gerardo Moreno Castro, 24, was found shot to death bear the intersection of Avenida Presidente Carranza and Callejon Séptimoin the Miguel Hidalgo colony. Eight AK-47 spent cartridge casings were found at he scene.
- Two unidentified men were found shot to death in Torreon Sunday morning. The victims were found near the intersection of calles Luis Reyna and Cuarta in the Antigua Aceitera colony. Eleven AK-47 spent cartridge casings were found at the scene.
- Taxi driver Jose Castañeda Manuel Gallardo, 56, was found stabbed to death near the intersection of calle Séptima and Cuarta. The victim has been stabbed seven times.
|