(El Paso Times) - An investigator with the Chihuahua state attorney general was shot dead Thursday night in southeast Juarez inside a car. Chihuahua state officials said Juan Luis Vasquez Pérez, 37, worked collecting evidence at murder scenes in Juarez. Vasquez Pérez was shot 17 times about 9:30 p.m. He had been driving a 2000 Volkswagen Jetta.
In all, investigators said, 11 homicides occurred Thursday.
Three men were killed on the outskirts of Juarez about 9:45 p.m. Thursday, Chihuahua state police said. Police have not identified the men, but two of them appear to be between 30 and 35, and one between 16 and 20. The attack occurred in Loma Blanca, a town in the Valley of Juarez, right across the border from San Elizario. The men were found near the highway that connects Juarez to all the southeast rural towns of the valley.
Earlier on Thursday, two women died violently in the same town. |