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14 killed in shooting attacks in Mexican border city
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, June 24, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – At least 14 people were
killed Saturday in three shooting incidents in the northern Mexican city of
Juarez, notorious for its drug gang related violence.
One of the attacks occurred in the southern part of the city, where eight
men who were gathered watching the World Cup football match between Mexico
and South Korea, were shot at by armed gunmen who killed six and injured two,
according to security officials.
Almost simultaneously, in a downtown neighborhood, five other men gathered
at a hairdressing salon to watch football were killed by a group who arrived
at the scene in a blue van, according to witnesses.
Hours earlier, during the early hours of the morning, three other people
were taken from a party in a neighborhood on the outskirts of the city and
executed by gunmen.
The killings bring to 128 the number of people killed in the city this
month alone.
More than 200,000 people have been killed in Mexico since the government
launched a controversial anti-drug offensive in late 2006, according to
official figures that do not specify how many of these victims are related to
organized crime.
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