Borderland Beat
in Coahuila, from Torreon (la Laguna) east to Saltillo, north to Piedras and Acuña, the once relatively peaceful state seems to have become the stage of violence and crime. Yesterday, the two women were killed, their executor killed, a grenade attack, 3 trucks founds filled with weapons, two sicarios killed and one wounded, another captured is the killer of Nathaniel Rivera......all in Saltillo.....read below
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The events occurred around 9:00 am of yesterday, when after alerting several safety corporations, the body of Perla Yameli Torres Mata, 35 years old and Karina Monserrat Alvarado Torres, 18 years old, mother and daughter, were found 300 meters of Geminis Avenue, at the height of Florencia colony. Both women lived on Calle 20 #677 in La Herradura.
Another report from Vanguardia, says the women were aunt and niece.
Though alive the baby was suffering from hypothermia, information on prognosis nor condition status was not given..![]()
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One of the criminals killed is Nathaniel Garcia Pedro Castañeda, "The Chiquidrácula", originally from Acuna, Coahuila who escaped from the Youth Residence since 28th of December. Another death is Juan Pablo Garcia Guajardo, "Barney", Cereso inmate escaped from Piedras Negras on November 17.
Five Killed in Saltillo
In Saltillo, Coahuila, fear has permeated residents as violence becomes a common occurrencein Coahuila, from Torreon (la Laguna) east to Saltillo, north to Piedras and Acuña, the once relatively peaceful state seems to have become the stage of violence and crime. Yesterday, the two women were killed, their executor killed, a grenade attack, 3 trucks founds filled with weapons, two sicarios killed and one wounded, another captured is the killer of Nathaniel Rivera......all in Saltillo.....read below
A mother and daughter were executed on Wednesday morning with a bullet to the head, in the Saltillo area of Florencia.
Elements were stunned to discover lying next to one of the bodies was an infant estimated to be eight months old. Accompanying the bodies a narco message was found however the contents have not yet been disclosed.
The narco message was written on canvass and the bodies were laid on top the message.
Hours before the detection of the bodies, the body of their alleged executor was killed by elements of SEDENA and GROMS mobile reaction group), Authorities did not disclose how they suspected he was the killer of the mother and daughter.
Another report from Vanguardia, says the women were aunt and niece.
Though alive the baby was suffering from hypothermia, information on prognosis nor condition status was not given..
Also yesterday, there was a clash between armed organized criminals and officers of the Group GATE gunmen which resulted in leaving two dead and two others were injured by firearms.
The shooting occurred at 14:30 pm when police Group Special Weapons and Tactics (GATES), spotted the men who were traveling in a Chevrolet, gray double cab truck on Calle Nardos, in the Colonia Valle de las Flores.
GATES surprised, the occupants who launched grenades in an attempt to flee, initiating a chase to Jesus Valdes Sanchez Boulevard. Gunmen travelled down the street from the Colony Oceania Malaysia, fleeing through the streets Portugal and Seville. At that point the gunmen fled on foot, one of them, Angel Uriel Herrera Abasta, was wounded, upon being shot he fell to the asphalt. Two others climbed to the roof on the second floor of a house, where one was shot causing him to fall near the water tank of the house, which is owned by a senior couple.
The other offender was shot in the alley about 15 meters where his partner was.
"it was horrible, the shots were loud, I grabbed my children and I fell to the ground," said a young mother, looking shocked at the aftermath which looked a battlefield.
The prosecutor of the Attorney General of the State moved the scene to take cognizance of the death of the two criminals who were taken to the Service Coroner.
The PGJE confirmed that the gunmen included the murderer of Nathaniel Rivera, executive secretary of the Electoral Institute of Citizen Participation of Coahuila, and six others, Nathaniel was reported missing, to the Deputy of Research and Search, between 6 and 7 December 2012 and his body found, along with six other people, all with shots to the head.
Detainees are Carlos Humberto Aguillón, “La Mija”, the assassin of Natanael Rivera, and Ángel Uriel Herrera Abasta, “La Cáscara, another child escaped from the group home, who was serving a sentence of 14 years and six months for manslaughter in the town of Parras.
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Thank you to the reader who sent the foto of Karina in. much appreciated