Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat
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Nogales: Three men were killed last Saturday afternoon May 24 in the parking lot of the KFC restaurant in the El Greco zone.
The dead were linked to the Sinaloa cartel based in Hermosillo and Agua Prieta, Sonora.
The events took place when the victims were aboard a light color 2007 Volkswagen, without plates, when armed men aboard a minivan type vehicle pulled up to the vehicle and open fired. The gunmen fled after the attack.
Two of the victims were identified as Francisco Javier Balderama Marquez, 39 years old, who lived in a gated community of “Los Sauces , in the city of Hermosillo, he died after his arrival at a hospital.
Another victim who was killed was the driver and who was identified as David Avila Sergio Nunez, 46 years old, residing in the Lomas de Fatima.
The third deceased was identified as Julio Cesar Lopez Verdugo alias "El 20" Chapo Guzman’s lieutenant, who was responsible for the death of renowned sport promoter Mandy ArmandoMoreno in Agua Prieta, Sonora.
Authorities have not yet confirm the killing of El 20.
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