Guanajuato: Saturday murders total 8

Steve C Borderland Beat

Guanajuato-  The violence this Saturday continued with the murder of eight people with the most occurring in Salamanca.

2 Killed in León

The body of a woman was found in a plastic bag on a soccer field in the San Francisco de Asis neighborhood. The finding was reported at 6 p.m., witnesses said that during a soccer game a person approached in a car and discarded a black bag. Minutes later, a spectator realized that inside the bag was a human body.

They say she was a woman because she had long brown hair, "said a young man. Police confirmed the report and waited for the game to end to secure the scene, which was taken over by the State Attorney's Office.

Dies close to home

In another case, also in León, a man was shot to death near his home, in the Jol Gua Ber neighborhood.

The crime happened at 8 o'clock yesterday night on Recreación Street. According to neighbors, the victim was going home when two men on a black motorcycle approached her.

The woman fell, and witnesses called 911. Paramedics came to help, but she had already was dead.

Woman shot to death

A woman was shot at least five times in the head and chest, when she was in the Loma Bonita neighborhood at around 8:30 a.m. yesterday night. She was on Chihuahua Street when a stranger approached and shot her. 

Man left in grave condition

A man was seriously injured when he was hurt in an alleged fight that took place in the La Floresta neighborhood. The case occurred at 5:30 in the afternoon yesterday on Río Mayo Street, the victim is about 34 years old and on the site it was said that he was nicknamed "The Virus." Relatives took the serious man to a hospital.

Man executed in Jerécuaro

The violence spread to Jerécuaro yesterday , a man was shot to death inside a business called "El 7". It occurred at the entrance to the Rancho Nuevo community. Shortly before 2 in the afternoon, several detonations broke the tranquility in the community, who upon hearing them reported them to the Emergency Center. Armed men arrived in the community, got out of a truck and entered the store to shoot a man who was shopping, and after killing him, they fled. Immediately agents of the State Public Security Forces went to the indicated place, and inside the store "El 7" they found the deceased man. He had died from gunshot wounds and the agents guarded the scene and reported what happened to the ministerial authorities. 

2 cyclists murdered on highway

Two cyclists were shot at on the Salamanca-Celaya free highway, one died at the scene and the other in the hospital. Motorists reported two people being run over on the road at around 6 p.m. yesterday. Red Cross paramedics went to the site and found that one of the cyclists was in serious condition with head injuries. The second no longer had vital signs and both victims were found to have gunshot wounds. Agents of the Prosecutor's Office found at least five shells that were struck, apparently fired by a short weapon.

No one in the area could give any additional information about what happened or identify the murderers.

"It seems that (the victims) are from the La Cruz neighborhood, it may be that one of them would be Martín, but I'm not very sure," commented one of the onlookers who came to the scene after the crime.

Body found in riverbed

In another case, inside a streambed, outside the community of San Manuel de Valderrama, in Salamanca, the body of a man was found. The events were reported to the police authorities around 7 pm yesterday.

Police officers immediately went to the reported site and found the body of a man wearing a black shirt and blue jeans, and he was without shoes. Apparently, the victim had been in the place where he was found for several days, so the cause of death could not be determined, nor his age.

Federals shoots men dumping body parts

National Guard agents surprised criminals who left bags with human remains in the municipality of Juventino Rosas. After an exchange of bullets, one of the civilians died and the agents were unharmed.

They reported that they were on surveillance tours when they saw a BMW car stopped on the side of the road, and next to it were several people who were leaving bags. When the elements of the National Guard approached, they were attacked with bullets and they responded in the same way. One of the alleged criminals was shot dead, the rest were able to escape in the car.

Later, agents of Criminal Investigation and Expert Services of the Prosecutor's Office came to the site, who processed the area and raised firearms and shell casings. The bags left by the criminals contained human remains, but authorities did not report whether they were from one or more people.