Mexicali, Baja California: Armed Criminal Cell Unleashes Gunfire Against Home

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

The calm of the Silva neighborhood, a community located in the Mexicali valley, was interrupted by an armed attack perpetrated during the early hours of Thursday, June 24, when criminals with assault rifles unloaded more than 300 rounds against a home where a family was staying overnight.

Despite the aggressiveness of the attack, a 25-year old man was injured, but without the need for medical attention, according to the authorities.

The events occurred around 3 in the morning in that rural community, where crew members of two recent model pick-ups, arrived and unloaded their firearms from outside the home.

The criminals carried long weapons, apparently G3, AK47 and R15, which they shot indiscriminately at the house, causing damage to the structure and to a car parked inside the courtyard.

Municipal agents were alerted and mobilized to the scene, but they failed to find those responsible, they limited themselves to interviewing the residents of the home, three minors and two adults, of whom one named Daniel Ruiz Campos, 25, was injured by gunfire that hit his stomach.

While working at the crime scene they discovered that the attack was perpetrated by several shooters, who unloaded their weapons without contemplation, leaving on the floor more than 300 shell casings, damaging the exterior of the house.

So far, the identity of the aggressors and the reasons why the crime was perpetrated are unknown.

Zeta Tijuana