Mexican violence news roundup
Nine people died in Cuidad Juarez Saturday and Sunday, victims of ongoing violence attributed to the illegal drug trade, according to Mexican press reports.
- In Camargo, Chihuahua, five patrons of the bar The Goodbye near the intersection of Felipe Ãngeles y Avenida Juärez, which is near the city center, were killed and a sixth was wounded.
The sixth victim was reported to be in a coma.
The shootings occurred at about 2310 Saturday night. Mexican press reports say the victims were machine-gunned.
The murders caused several social events to be cancelled including a wedding.
- Three unidentified young people were found at noon Sunday shot dead at the soccer fields near the intersection of Cuaco and Tabaco.
The corpses were said to be riddled with bullets.
- A corpse, said by witnesses to be female, was found inside a burned out vehicle near Pine Street.
Police could not identify the victim nor confirm the gender.
A Sonoran newspaper reports that a confrontation in Camargo, Tamaulipas, between armed civilians and elements of the SecretarÃÂa de la Defensa Nacional (SEDENA) has left six dead. No other details were available. The official notice posted by the official website of the government of Tamaulipas gave no other information.
The press report noted a number of past problems including arson of residences and cars.
Two other violent events were reported by the state government of Tamaulipas.
- In Reynosa on Sunday, three men and two women were injured by an unidentified explosive device, probably a hand grenade. Reynosa has has had two other events in the last week involving fragmentary hand grenades, including an apparent attack.
- In Altamira on Saturday an unidentified victim was found shot to death inside a vehicle, according to the state of Tamaulipas website.
No other information was available.
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