A total of four unidentified individuals were killed or were found dead in southern Chihuahua since Sunday, according to Mexican news accounts.
- Two unidentified armed suspects were killed in an armed encounter with Mexican state police in the remote southern municipality of Maguarichi Sunday. Rifles and pistols were seized in the aftermath.
- An unidentified man in his 20s were found shot to death in Jimenez municipality Sunday. The victim was found dressed only in boxer shorts in the village of Almoloya on the road leading to Jimenez.
- A man was found tortured and decapitated in Hidalgo de Parral municipality Sunday. The victim was found on a road between the villages of Bufalo and Allende. The victim's head was not found at the scene.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com and BorderlandBeat.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com. His latest work of non-fiction, The Wounded Eagle: Volume 2 went on sale September 1st at Amazon.com and Smashwords.com
