Fresnillo, Zacatecas: Violence Leaves 24 People Dead In 4 Days In Fresnillo

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

On average, six people were killed a day, including women and even mothers. Among the victims are women, children and even a taxi driver. 

The violence has not stopped in El Mineral, in just 4 days 24 people have Ruben killed. In other words, on average of six Fresnillenses have been killed a day since September 15.

Among the shot victims are women and children; although children under 4 and 7 were only injured in an armed attack against a family in the Emiliano Zapata neighborhood.

Armed aggressions have not stopped since Wednesday, the day six dead and one injured person were recorded. While on Thursday there were three dead, including a taxi driver.

The violence continued until Friday, the day on which three armed attacks were recorded, leaving five people dead. In addition, they abandoned human remains in sacks. Which totaled six deaths.

While the most violent day was lived on Saturday, nine dead people were registered, including the father and mother of children under 4 and 7 years old and the body of a woman.

Being the Emiliano Zapata neighborhood where there have been more armed attacks, which have left six victims, including the parents of a family.

The facts in the most violent day

During Saturday morning alone, four armed attacks were recorded, leaving seven people dead and two minors injured by gunfire.

The first was on Frontera Street in the Miguel Hidalgo de Ojuelos community, where they found more than 100 shell casings and three dead men.

The second armed aggression occurred in the Francisco Villa neighborhood at 4 in the morning, when a man was murdered inside his home.

The armed attacks have not ceased since September 15. 

A family is shot

The third armed attack occurred at a home on Víctor Jara Street in the Emiliano Zapata neighborhood, where subjects broke into and attacked a family.

Four people, two adults and two children were shot dead; while the head of household died instantly and Adelina, 56, died, when she was being transferred to a hospital.

Sharol Romina, 7, who had been shot in the buttocks, was injured in this event; while Salvador, 4, had at least three bullet wounds on the body.

Regarding the fourth armed attack, it was in the San José Station community where a man was left dead.

They have located four corpses, most with bullet wounds. 

Two corpses are located

Despite armed aggressions during the early morning, two bodies were found this Saturday afternoon, the first being that of a woman that was accompanied by a criminal message.

The body was found abandoned near the hill known as El Microwave, heading to the landfill.

While the body of a man was found on an premises that served as an LP gas station, located just passing the train tracks to the Los Pardillos community

Around the victim's body they found more than 50 7.62×39 and .223 caliber shells, which are weapons of a large caliber.

This makes clear the violence in which members of organized crime act.

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