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Showing posts with label Ojinaga. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ojinaga. Show all posts

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Three Men Riddled in Ojinaga

Three Men Riddled in Ojinaga

They lose their lives to hit men after intense chase.

This article appeared in El Ágora de Chihuahua on May 20, 2008. This translation is rendered as closely as possible to the original wording. The gory picture is a stock photo of two men in a car, not a truck and not the men in this incident. (See the orginal article here).

Ojinaga – May 20, 2008 - Authorities informed us that three men were assasinated by gunshot after an encounter with those chasing them on the city streets.

The acts occurred at 12 noon, when Aarón Alonso Flores Hernández, 16 years of age, Fernando Flores Solís, 25 years of age, and Alonso Flores Solís, 38 years of age were killed by gunfire.

The last two are brothers and the first, a minor, was Alonso's son (Comment by Frontera News: incorrect – Alonso was Aaron's uncle).

It seems the three men arrived on the streets of Ojinaga from Porvenir, a town located near Juárez City.

The victims fled in the direction of El Mulato, and although chased by the city police, succeded in fleeing without being detained.

The acts occurred on Tercera Street and Hombres Ilustres, in the Magisterial Zone, where the gunfight between the two groups was seen.

The bodies were picked up immediately by Red Cross paramedics. Two died at the hospital and one died in the ambulance during transport.

The deceased lived on 36th Street and Justo Sierra, in the Porfirio Ornelas Zone, and according to neighbors, had been only arrived in Ojinaga a short while ago.

At the scene of the acts were found a pistol and a dark colored pick up truck with Texas plates and bullet impacts in its body.

Sergio Urías, valet and driver for the Isste Clinic was injured in the scuffle, presenting with a bullet wound in the neck.

He was transferred immediately to Chihuahua City aboard an Isste Ambulance to be attended in the State Capitol.

La Frontera News Note: The Flores (Flores-Solis) family has lived for years in Van Horn, Texas with Alonzo fleeing to México to escape US justice (being wanted by the law in Texas) a few years back. Their parents and many relatives are still living there. Alonzo had been living in Lomas De Arena (see the Geographical Information post earlier) and had fled elsewhere for a while, reportedly to Ciudad Chihuahua, in order to avoid persecution by the cartel. He had apparently recently returned to Ojinaga thinking things had cooled off for him and his family.
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Geographical Information

Geography of the Region
Cities, Towns and Places Mentioned in These Articles
  • Ojinaga - Across the Rio Grande from Presidio, Texas.
  • Juárez - Across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas.
  • Ciudad Chihuahua - The State Capitol of the state of Chihuahua, México, about 100 miles southsouthwest of Ojinaga.
  • Zaragosa - East of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México.
  • Guadalupe Praxedes - Across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas.
  • Caseta - Across the Rio Grande from Tornillo, Texas.
  • El Porvenir - Across the Rio Grande from Fort Hancock, Texas.
  • San Antonio Del Bravo - Across the Rio Grande about halfway between El Paso, Texas and Presidio Texas.
  • Bosque - Across the Rio Grande from Sierra Blanca, Texas.
  • Babilón - Across the Rio Grande and roughly across the river from Van Horn, Texas. This is the name shown on Google Maps where Nuevo Porvenir should be.
  • Ejido Emilio Carranza - Roughly Across the Rio Grande from Van Horn, Texas.
  • Lomas De Arena - Across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas side-by-side with Ejido Emilio Carranza.
  • Nuevo Porvenir - Roughly across the Rio Grande from Van Horn, Texas.
  • Pilares - Across the Rio Grande and southeast of Nuevo Porvenir.
  • Mulato - Across the Rio Grande from Presidio, Texas and southeast of Ojinaga, Chihuahua, México.
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