15 people killed in last six days in Tijuana

Murder rate still lower than last year

Por: Omar Millán 30 Agosto 2011 @ 9:05 pm
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Authorities are investigating a wave of deadly violence in the last few days. Agencia EFE

TIJUANA – A total of 15 people have been killed in the city in the last six days, three of them Monday, state authorities announced.

It was just last Thursday when the State Attorney General’s office noted that there had been 326 murders in the city to date; but by Tuesday that number had spiked to 341.

The latest deaths were reported Monday, all on the city’s east side.

At 2:20 p.m. a man was shot to death on Higo Street in the El Florido Primera Sección neighborhood. The victim, identified as Noé Sobrevilla Alvarado, 28, was found sprawled on the sidewalk with three bullet wounds. Investigators recovered five spent 9 mm shells.

A man’s body was found around 8 p.m. at the base of the hill in the neighborhood of Hacienda Las Delicias. The unidentified body was found among the weeds. The victim appeared to be 30 to 35 years old, had a thin build and dark skin. He had a tattoo on his chest that said “Perla y Esmeralda.â€