Tijuana, BC : 24 Murders in the first 48 Hours of September

Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Zeta

           In just over 48 hours, 24 criminal homicides have been registered in Tijuana in September.

At the state level, intentional and culpable homicides amount to 1,773 cases representing an increase of 36% compared to the same period from January to July of last year.

Mexicali and Tijuana account for 79% of the total number of crimes registered in Baja California, including violent crimes, homicides and common law crimes, according to figures from the Public Security Secretariat of the State.

At the state level, intentional and culpable homicides total 1,773 cases, representing an increase of 36% compared to the same period from January to July of last year, which reached 1,297 cases.

Baja California reports a total of 56,781 crimes during the month of January to July of this year, of which 45, 219 are concentrated in Tijuana and Mexicali.

In a breakdown, in the capital of the State, add 20,564 crimes, where the most frequent are robberies with or without violence with a total of 8,144 cases.

While Tijuana adds 2,655 crimes, robberies with and without violence being the most frequent with 10,0705 cases.

According to the Office of the Attorney General of the State in August, 212 intentional homicides were recorded.

On Sunday, September 2, Christian Noé Torres Sosa, 25 years old, was murdered inside the Álvarez grocery store, located in the Alfonso Ballesteros neighborhood.

After a complaint that in a vacant lot located on Calle Silverio Alemán, in the Mineral de Santa Fe neighborhood, foul smells emanated; Experts noticed that there were human remains on the site.

Murdered by gunshots was an unknown person approximately 35 years old, assassinated in Property San Antonio, in the Colonia Terrazas del Valle, Delegation Rural Presa.

In the General Hospital died Christian Alfonso Olmos Herrera, 41, who received shots in the cephalic region and thorax, in the Colonia El Soler.

Under a tree on a cherry colored blanket was found the body of a subject on Huapango Street, in the Lomas de la Presa neighborhood, Los Pinos sub-delegation.

In the annexed Colonia November 20, Delegación La Mesa, a person was found dead, which apparently was beaten to death with a blunt object. There is a person detained for his alleged involvement in the crime.

During the course of Monday, September 3, Tijuana has registered eight more men who were deprived of their lives, three of them in the Natura district, in Tijuana.

Early on Monday, September 3, a man was shot dead in the abdomen when he was in Del Padro street in the Urbi Villa del Prado II neighborhood, Natura district. So far the victim has not been identified.

In a service alley in the Cortez colony, San Antonio de los Buenos Delegation, it was reported that there was a plastic boat, blue, with the body of a stranger around 25 years of age.

Later on a hill at the height of the private Portos, of the Fractionation Urbi Villa del Prado II, Natura district, was found the body of a male of approximately 25 years. He had gunshot wounds.

The manned and burned corpse of a male was found in a neighborhood road in the Natura section of the Amanecer colony.

With shots in the cephalic region and right arm, the lifeless body of a male was reported inside a home located in the private Cobano del Fraccionamiento Colinas de la Presa, in the Los Pinos subdelegation. The victim was around 35 years old.

In the Valle de las Palmas subdivision, Rural Dam Delegation, the corpse of a person in a state of putrefaction was located. Apparently relatives of the now deceased reported his disappearance three days ago to the authorities, not getting news started a search finding the body of his acquaintance under rubble.

Inside the Lolita grocery store, located on Paseo de la Montaña in Los Laureles Fraccionamiento, Delegación Playas de Tijuana, a man was murdered, who until now remains unidentified.

Another unidentified corpse of a man, between 35 and 40 years old, was found in Francisco I. Madero and Libramiento Sur streets, in the Pedregal neighborhood of Santa Julia, San Antonio de los Buenos Delegation.

In none of the events does the Office of the Prosecutor report detained persons.