In various parts of the municipalities of Lerdo and Gómez Palacio the decapitated bodies of six people were discovered. Two of the bodies were identified as those of the 2 missing police officers, José Refugio Olivas Cereceros and Sebastián Moreno Castro of the Dirección de Seguridad Pública Municipal de Gómez Palacio. In Juárez, Chihuahua 3 youths in a car were killed by gunmen while another man was hunted down and shot. Tamaulipas saw 2 traffic police officers killed in two separate attacks.
And, in Taxco, 6 more bodies have been raised from the mine that was used as a mass grave, including the body of recently kidnapped David Bravo Mota who was the director of the Cereso de Iguala Penitentiary.
In the town of Tepic, Nayarit, a gun-battle lasting over 20 minutes between 2 rival gangs left 2 gangsters dead and hundreds of residents traumatized as they fled for cover. The fight occurred over a distance of 5 miles as the two gangs chased each other in the streets. After the battle the fleeing gangsters left behind 5 bullet-ridden SUVs, 4 of which were armoured.
For a map of the killings: click: Narco-killings
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