2,000 fresh troops sent to Juárez as violence continues
January 14, 2009
The Mexican army has sent an estimated 2,000 troops to Juárez as part of a rotation even as the death toll surpassed 35 so far this year.
Written by Daniel Borunda, The El Paso Times
The Mexican army has sent an estimated 2,000 troops to Juárez as part of a rotation even as the death toll surpassed 35 so far this year.
Two men were killed Tuesday evening, shot multiple times in separate attacks in which nearly 70 rounds were fired.
About 5 p.m., Hector Ramiro Guardado Pereira, 34, was slain in colonia Infonavit Tecnologico, said Chihuahua state police. Investigators counted 40 casings of three calibers.
About 10 minutes later, Agapito Aguirre Leyva, 36, was shot in the 1500 block of Acuario, where 29 casings of three calibers were found, police said.
Tuesday morning, Guillermo Pizarro Marceleño, 35, died at a hospital after being shot inside El Trebol restaurant on Avenida 16 de Septiembre, police said.
Three unidentified men were killed Monday.
In one case, a man, who had a gag on his mouth and an electrical cord tied to a wrist and who might have been stabbed, shot and run over by a vehicle, was found at about 9:30 p.m. on Viaducto Diaz Ordaz road west of downtown, police said.
The other two slayings were a man with a plastic bag taped over his head found in a vacant lot in the Parajes del Sur area and a blindfolded man with several stab wounds to his torso found in a ditch in colonia Insurgentes, police said.
Soldiers who arrived in Juárez on Monday are part of a regular rotation of troops sent to different parts of Mexico, the Norte newspaper reported. Last year, more 1,600 people were slain in Juárez.
- Troops of the Mexican Army's 35th Infantry Battalion on Saturday arrested three men with weapons and paramilitary gear in the town of Villa Ahumada, about 70 miles south of Juárez, military officials said.
- Mario Rivera Rivera, Jorge Mendoza Zubiate and Rogelio Lopez Castañeda were allegedly in possession of six rifles, four handguns, two bulletproof vests, two black helmets and military-style clothing in desert camouflage and black.
- Soldiers also seized two vehicles and 36 pounds of marijuana.
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