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Five Killed in Saltillo

In Saltillo, Coahuila,  fear has permeated residents as violence becomes a common occurrence
in Coahuila, from Torreon (la Laguna) east to Saltillo, north to Piedras and Acuña, the once relatively peaceful state seems to have become the stage of violence and crime.  Yesterday, the two women were  killed, their executor killed, a grenade attack, 3 trucks founds filled with weapons, two sicarios killed and one wounded, another captured is the killer of  Nathaniel Rivera......all in Saltillo.....read below

 

Above is Perla she is the mother of the baby

A mother and daughter were executed on Wednesday morning with a bullet to the head, in the Saltillo area of  Florencia.

Elements were stunned to discover lying next to one of the bodies was an infant estimated to be eight months old.  Accompanying  the bodies a narco message was found  however the  contents have not yet been disclosed. 

The narco message was written on canvass and the bodies were laid on top the message.  

Hours before the detection of the bodies, the body of their alleged executor was killed by elements of SEDENA and GROMS mobile reaction group), Authorities did not disclose how they suspected he was the killer of the mother and daughter.

 

The events occurred around 9:00 am of yesterday, when after alerting several safety corporations, the body of Perla Yameli Torres Mata, 35 years old and Karina Monserrat Alvarado Torres, 18 years old, mother and daughter, were found 300 meters of Geminis Avenue, at the height of Florencia colony. Both women lived on Calle 20 #677 in La Herradura.

 

 

Another report from Vanguardia, says the women were aunt and niece.

Though alive the baby was suffering from hypothermia, information on  prognosis nor condition status was not given..

Also yesterday,  there was a clash between armed organized criminals  and officers of the Group GATE gunmen which resulted in leaving  two dead and two others were injured by firearms.

The shooting occurred at 14:30 pm when police Group Special Weapons and Tactics (GATES),  spotted the men who were traveling in a Chevrolet, gray double cab truck on Calle Nardos, in the  Colonia Valle de las Flores.   

GATES  surprised, the  occupants who  launched grenades in an attempt to flee,  initiating a chase to Jesus Valdes Sanchez Boulevard. Gunmen travelled  down the street from the Colony Oceania Malaysia, fleeing through the streets Portugal and Seville.

At that point the gunmen fled on foot, one of them, Angel Uriel Herrera Abasta, was wounded, upon being shot he fell to the asphalt.  Two others  climbed to the roof on the second floor of a house, where one  was shot causing him to fall  near the water tank of the house, which is  owned by a senior couple.

The other offender was shot in the  alley about  15 meters where  his partner was.

"it was horrible, the shots were loud,  I grabbed my children and I fell to the ground," said a young mother, looking shocked at the aftermath which looked  a battlefield.

The prosecutor of the Attorney General of the State moved the scene to take cognizance of the death of the two criminals who were taken to the Service Coroner.

The PGJE confirmed that the gunmen included the murderer of Nathaniel Rivera, executive secretary of the Electoral Institute of Citizen Participation of Coahuila, and six others, Nathaniel was reported missing, to the Deputy of Research and Search, between 6 and 7 December 2012 and his body found, along with six other people, all with shots to the head.

One of the criminals killed  is Nathaniel Garcia Pedro Castañeda, "The Chiquidrácula", originally from Acuna, Coahuila who escaped from the Youth Residence since 28^th of  December. Another death is Juan Pablo Garcia Guajardo, "Barney", Cereso inmate escaped from Piedras Negras on November 17.

Detainees are Carlos Humberto Aguillón, “La Mija”, the assassin of  Natanael Rivera, and  Ángel Uriel Herrera Abasta, “La Cáscara, another child escaped from the group home, who was serving a sentence of 14 years and six months for manslaughter in the town of Parras.

 

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Thank you to the reader who sent the foto of Karina in. much appreciated

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