On early Sunday morning, two violent incidents, both bearing the hallmarks of organized crime,
left a total of six people killed and several others injured.
The first incident took
place in front of a bar called “El Botanero”, located in colonia La Vente, in
the satellite city of Ixtapaluca (State of Mexico) some 30 kilometers southeast
of Mexico City’s center. At about 04:30 hrs local time, a Seat León with
license plates of the state of Guerrero was intercepted by two other cars. An
unknown number of assailants then apparently got out of the cars and opened
fire, killing two men, identified as Ariel Ledezma (30), Adrián David Peniche
Aguilar (32). While one of the deceased died in the backseat of the car, the
other was purportedly shot dead while trying to disembark. In addition to that,
the driver of the attacked car, identified as José Francisco Quintana
Villanueva (34), was seriously wounded by four bullet impacts and transferred
to a hospital. In total, there were 25 9mm cartridges found at the scene. The
attackers fled the scene unidentified in the two cars.
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The second incident
took place within the perimeter of Mexico City, in colonia Santa Cruz
Meyehualco in the borough of Iztapalapa, situated approximately 14 kilometres
southeast of the city center. At about 03:00 hrs local time, three attackers,
according to initial testimonies, stormed a bar/club called "Cervecería La
Ingrata" and started shooting, leaving three men and one woman dead and at
least two people injured. The killed people were identified as Gabriela “N”
(19), Juan Carlos “N” (35), Hugo “N” (30), and another so far unidentified man
reported to be 20 years of age. According to reports, two of the deceased were
killed in the bar while the other two tried to flee just to be shot dead
outside of the bar by another two sicarios, waiting there. Similar to the first
incident, the attackers fled the scene unidentified. Initial reports indicate
that the incident is related to the retail sale of drugs in southern Mexico
City.
Both, Ixtapaluca and
Iztapalapa, are notorious for their high crime rates and are thus regularly
scene of such incidents.
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