Three murdered over the weekend
The longtime bloody wave that has impacted residents in the border city of Mexicali has seemed to have no end as just over the weekend three men were shot to death in different incidents.
Early Saturday, Dec. 10, a man was shot to death in a southeast Mexicali area. The incident was reported to the authorities at 12:08 a.m. in the Fraccionamiento Parajes de Oriente area.
Upon arrival, police agents were notified by a reporting party, identified as Diana, moments before several shots were heard at the scene. The woman observed her husband lying on the floor in the main entrance full of blood.
Red Cross paramedics arrived at the scene and declared the man dead. The victim was identified as Gabriel, 38. The victim had four shotgun wounds in the torso.
Police agents found six bullet casings at the scene. The suspects arrived and fled in a blue Ford Explorer-like SUV.
A second man was shot dead Saturday just outside a well known casino.
The incident was reported to the police at 1:24 p.m., Dec. 10, close to the intersection of República de Panama Avenue and Justo Sierra Boulevard, just across Arenia Casino.
A man who was about to get in a white vehicle along with the victim told the police the suspect approached them dressed in dark clothes and a motorcycle helmet. Suddenly the suspect shot the victim to death, according to the reports. The suspect fled eastbound on a motorcycle.
The victim was identified as Mauricio, 54. Police said the victim was shot seven times.
Again on Saturday, this time in the evening, another man was shot to death just outside his home located in the intersection of Xinacatepec Street and Morelos Avenue at the Fraccionamiento Rincones de Puebla area.
The incident was reported to the police at 8:14 p.m., Dec. 10, by the victim’s wife. The reporting party told the police a shot was heard when she was inside the residence. The woman said the victim was injured on the floor.
Red Cross paramedics arrived at the scene and declared the man dead. The reporting party told the police the suspects fled in a black Ford Explorer, a white sedan and a sand-colored vehicle.