Pubdate: Sat, 29 May 2010
Source: El Paso Times (TX)
Copyright: 2010 El Paso Times
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Author: Aileen B. Flores

5 KILLED IN SHOOTING: MEN SLAIN WHILE EATING AT MIDDAY

Gunmen shot and killed five men while they were eating in broad 
daylight Friday near the Zaragoza Bridge in Juarez .

About 12:15 p.m., the men were at the burrito stand La Paloma at 
Ramon Rayon Street and Zaragoza Boulevard when a group of men opened 
fire, Chihuahua state police officials said.

Officials said four victims were found in the middle of the street 
and inside the food stand.

Authorities identified the victims as Daniel Nevares, 19, Jaime 
Hernandez, 58, Omar Carrasco Molina, 35, and Isauro Ochoa, 35.

The identity of a fifth man, who was found dead in a 1998 white Ford 
Expedition, is unknown, officials said.

At the scene, investigators counted 38 automatic weapon bullet 
casings, officials said.

Chihuahua state police officials said the men were among nine people 
killed Friday afternoon.

A 19-year-old man was killed just before 3 p.m. Friday at the 
intersection of Valentin Fuentes and Rivera Lara streets in the 
Parques Industriales neighborhood. The victim was shot multiple times 
inside a pickup. During the attack, another man was wounded, officials said.

Juarez has surpassed 1,000 homicides for the year, and more than 
5,200 people have been killed since a drug cartel war began in 2008.

In Mexico City, the government unveiled a list of 33 wanted drug 
suspects Friday, including three men allegedly tied to La Linea, the 
Juarez cartel. Rewards of $1.1 million (15 million pesos) were 
offered for each.

One of the three, Juan Pablo Ledezma, is believed to be the head of 
the Juarez cartel, officials with the joint army and police operation 
in Chihuahua said.

The attorney general's office offered rewards of $387,000 (5 million 
pesos) each for five other suspects on the list. The other 25 carry 
rewards of $232,000 (3 million pesos).

Last year, the Mexican government issued a list of its most-wanted 
drug traffickers. It offered rewards of $2 million for the leaders of 
Mexico's six major cartels and $1 million for their lieutenants.

Ledezma also appeared on last year's list. It was unclear whether the 
attorney general's office is offering an additional $1 million reward 
for Ledezma because of his inclusion in both lists.

Several kingpins named on the list released last year have been 
caught or killed, including Arturo Beltran Leyva, who died in a 
gunbattle with marines in December.

Beltran Leyva, the head of the Beltran Leyva gang, was the 
highest-ranking drug trafficker brought down since President Felipe 
Calderon deployed thousands of soldiers and federal police across the 
country in late 2006 to fight the cartels.

Authorities have not said whether rewards were given for any of the 
drug lords captured or killed.
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