Republished by Chivis from El Paso Times
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Juárez police said they arrested an alleged hit man for the Barrio Azteca gang suspected in 30 killings, including a triple homicide at a barbershop last week.
The arrest took place after a shooting that killed three people and wounded another Friday outside a barbershop on Mesa Central street in southeast Juárez, police said.
Oscar Ernesto A.G., alias "El Karin," was arrested following a car chase after witnesses told police that the shooters had fled in a white Chevrolet Malibu.
Police said they found an AK-47 rifle, a .45-caliber handgun and about a pound of marijuana in the car.
The 34-year-old man allegedly told police that he was a member of a gang hit squad and that the victims were in a rival group selling crystal methamphetamine out of the barbershop, a police news release states.
Police said that the alleged gang member told police that he had taken part in the killing of more than 25 gang rivals this year.
The Chihuahua attorney general's office said that the man is suspected in 30 homicides in Juárez and Chihuahua City, including the deaths of two police officers.
In a separate case Saturday morning, police arrested a woman in west Juárez allegedly transporting three AR-15 rifles in a suitcase for the Azteca gang.
The 19-year-old woman allegedly told police that her husband is a Barrio Azteca gang member and that the firearms were to be used in attacks on gang rivals in west and south Juárez.
There have been more than 500 homicides in Juárez this year believed to be linked to violence over street-level meth sales.