Mexicali, Baja California: Man Survives Second Attempt On His Life In Less Than 6 Months

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

On the night of June 30, Darío Eduardo Fuentes Figueroa, a 41-year-old man, was shot while traveling aboard a red 2000 Ford F-150 pick-up, with traffic plates BN70836 while traveling on the San Felipe highway, near Lake Superior of the Xochimilco neighborhood in Mexicali.

Armed subjects on board a compact, gray vehicle drove parallel to the victim. And shot several times with a .9mm caliber weapon, from the co-pilot's side, striking him once on his right back side, and sped away along the same road.

The victim requested the support of the authorities for his protection and medical care. Municipal agents were the first to arrive and attend to Darío Eduardo, a resident of Gran Venecia, who narrated that this past March he had been shot by unidentified subjects. He also assured he doesn’t know the reasons for that direct aggression.

The man was transferred to a private hospital to receive medical care where he was later declared stable.

The victim's wife was notified and stayed for the longest accompanying him in the hospital. However, when he returned home he found a wreath of flowers in the courtyard, as a direct threat.

Municipal agents and elements of the State Investigation Agency (AEI) took the case and began with the investigations in search of obtaining information from those responsible for the attack and the warning.

Zeta Tijuana