Four murders push year total to 169 in Tijuana

Victims were shot to death at an eastside house

Por: Omar Millán 18 Abril 2011 @ 8:46 pm
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Monday’s deaths pushed the number of murders in Tijuana this month to 27. San DiegoRed/Services.

Tijuana.- Four people were shot to death, including two women, and a fifth wounded before dawn Monday at an eastside house, authorities announced.

Police received a call at 4:57 a.m. that indicated that people had been attacked at a house in the Niño Artillero neighborhood.

When officers arrived they found a man in the patio and a woman at the house’s entrance, both shot to death, according to the state Attorney General’s Office.

They found two other bodies inside, a man in the living room, and a woman in one of the bedrooms.

The victims, all adults, were identified as José Manuel Navarro Zaragoza, Alma Delia Urrutia Carrillo, Carlos Velásquez Zaragoza and Diana Esmeralda GodÃ*nez RodrÃ*guez (no ages provided).They all had gunshot wounds.

Authorities said that another woman also was shot but survived and was taken to a hospital under police guard.

Monday’s deaths pushed the number of murders in Tijuana this month to 27, for a total of 169 so far this year, 80 fewer than in the same period last year.

Authorities did not announce a motive for Monday’s deadly attack, although they have attributed much of the deadly violence in the last five years to drug traffickers battling to control the border area.

Omar.millan@sandiegored.com

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