Zacatecas: Organized Crime Struck Today, 7 Found Killed

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

After an armed confrontation, the victims are burned in a vehicle; in Jerez they left human remains in an oil drum

The bodies of two people were burned along with the vehicle in which they were traveling between the municipalities of Pánfilo Natera and Ojocaliente.

The Police arrived when a vehicle burned and it is believed that it happened after a confrontation between antagonistic groups of organized crime.

Details of this crime developed this afternoon when the evidence, that is, the motor vehicle and the remains of the burned people, were transferred to the Zacatecan Institute of Forensic Sciences.

HUMAN REMAINS LEFT INSIDE AN OIL DRUM

Allegedly, a man from Monte Escobedo was killed and his remains placed inside an oil drum that carried a sign where the responsible criminal cell pointed him out as a "spy", as those who give information to adversaries are known.

The container was left on the Suave Patria road, in the municipal capital of Jerez, from where it was reported by people who passed through the place.

The Municipal Police went to the crime scene and later forensic services personnel confirmed that there were human remains in the oil drum, although the identity of the victim is still unknown.

MAN BEATEN AND SHOT ON THE STREET

Another body with an organized crime message was found this morning with signs of violence and several gunshot wounds.

It was on Topógrafos Street in Colonia 21 de Julio, in the Zacatecan capital, from where it was reported by neighbors to the emergency personnel.

AT LEAST THREE DEAD IN FRESNILLO

In the Rio Florido neighborhood of Fresnillo, was the scene of an armed aggression, where one person died and another was left seriously injured.

It was in the early hours of this Sunday that gunshots were repeatedly heard, neighbors reported the gunfire for the police to come.

Police went to Niños Héroes Street, to a house where at least one dead person was located.

Initially it was said that the injured person was a minor, but apparently he was a young man, who was treated in a hospital in Fresnillo.

TWO BODIES IN LA LUZ, FRESNILLO

Two other semi-naked bodies were found this Sunday on state highway 23 Fresnillo-Jerez near the entrance to the community of La Luz, also belonging to Fresnillo.

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