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News (Media Awareness Project) - Mexico: 5 Killed In Shooting - Men Slain While Eating At Midday
Title:Mexico: 5 Killed In Shooting - Men Slain While Eating At Midday
Published On:2010-05-29
Source:El Paso Times (TX)
Fetched On:2010-06-01 00:52:02
5 KILLED IN SHOOTING: MEN SLAIN WHILE EATING AT MIDDAY

Gunmen shot and killed five men while they were eating in broad
daylight Friday near the Zaragoza Bridge in Juarez .

About 12:15 p.m., the men were at the burrito stand La Paloma at
Ramon Rayon Street and Zaragoza Boulevard when a group of men opened
fire, Chihuahua state police officials said.

Officials said four victims were found in the middle of the street
and inside the food stand.

Authorities identified the victims as Daniel Nevares, 19, Jaime
Hernandez, 58, Omar Carrasco Molina, 35, and Isauro Ochoa, 35.

The identity of a fifth man, who was found dead in a 1998 white Ford
Expedition, is unknown, officials said.

At the scene, investigators counted 38 automatic weapon bullet
casings, officials said.

Chihuahua state police officials said the men were among nine people
killed Friday afternoon.

A 19-year-old man was killed just before 3 p.m. Friday at the
intersection of Valentin Fuentes and Rivera Lara streets in the
Parques Industriales neighborhood. The victim was shot multiple times
inside a pickup. During the attack, another man was wounded, officials said.

Juarez has surpassed 1,000 homicides for the year, and more than
5,200 people have been killed since a drug cartel war began in 2008.

In Mexico City, the government unveiled a list of 33 wanted drug
suspects Friday, including three men allegedly tied to La Linea, the
Juarez cartel. Rewards of $1.1 million (15 million pesos) were
offered for each.

One of the three, Juan Pablo Ledezma, is believed to be the head of
the Juarez cartel, officials with the joint army and police operation
in Chihuahua said.

The attorney general's office offered rewards of $387,000 (5 million
pesos) each for five other suspects on the list. The other 25 carry
rewards of $232,000 (3 million pesos).

Last year, the Mexican government issued a list of its most-wanted
drug traffickers. It offered rewards of $2 million for the leaders of
Mexico's six major cartels and $1 million for their lieutenants.

Ledezma also appeared on last year's list. It was unclear whether the
attorney general's office is offering an additional $1 million reward
for Ledezma because of his inclusion in both lists.

Several kingpins named on the list released last year have been
caught or killed, including Arturo Beltran Leyva, who died in a
gunbattle with marines in December.

Beltran Leyva, the head of the Beltran Leyva gang, was the
highest-ranking drug trafficker brought down since President Felipe
Calderon deployed thousands of soldiers and federal police across the
country in late 2006 to fight the cartels.

Authorities have not said whether rewards were given for any of the
drug lords captured or killed.
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