02/08/2012 VIOLENCE BAJA CALIFORNIA MORE ATTACKS ON POLICE - RESUMPTION OF THE SEARCH AT EL POZALERO'S FOR MISSING PEOPLE - AND MORE EXECUTIONS

Since last Monday until this afternoon there have been six shoot outs with Tijuana, Rosarito Beach Police and PEPO agents, leaving the one PEPO officer killed and several police officers wounded.  The fear is that these were organized or planned attacks much like what happened back in 2007-2010 from a criminal cell group associated with drug trafficking, luring officers in to a situation then opening fire on them. Overall that does not seem to be the case, however armed robbers and car thieves either caught in the act or on the run being pursued by the authorities are not tossing their weapons out of the window - they are choosing to engage in gun battles with agents.  Let's work back since Monday and look at these events:


12/04:

 - While on routine patrol TJ Municipal Police agents realized a robbery of a convenience store and customers being assaulted in colonia 20 de Noviembre was taking place. Being discovered, the robber opened fire on the agents exchanging gunfire and he was shot dead:

Frontera
Pierde la vida asaltante en tiroteo con policias

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12/05 - 12/06:

From Frontera: shoot out with Police

 - This incident was only reported by Frontera:  A Tijuana Municipal Police officer was shot by two gunmen wearing bullet proof vests in the private residential development of Valle del Horizonte of Parajas del Valle. One of the attackers was killed by gunfire, the other is being held "under guard" by the authorities.  In addition to the police officer being wounded (whose condition has not been updated), the officer's unit was burned during this assault:

Frontera
Atacan a tiros a agente municipal; muere tambien un agresor

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 - Two more shoot outs with police in Tijuana:

From Frontera : Shoot out at the Salvador Rosas Magallon bypass/bridge

    - In this case after  Police officers stopped a vehicle for review and finds out it is stolen, the driver said he would take the officers to the house of the car's owner in Villas del Campo.  When they arrived at the house the officers were met with gunfire.  One of the officers is shot in the leg, one of the attackers is killed during the gunbattle and five men are arrested.  The officer is in stable condition.


    - An armed confrontation at the Salvador Rosas Magallon by pass/bridge of colonia Panamericano leaves one woman shot in the neck.  The four people involved in this incident had just robbed a clothing store in colonia Colinas Agua Caliente, La Mesa. Driving a getaway van, they had almost reached the bridge but waiting for them there anticipating their escape route were the authorities.  The robbers opened fire on the police, engaging in a gun battle.  At this moment it is unclear if the woman who was wounded was shot by someone inside of the van or the police:


Frontera
Dejan 2 tiroteos a uno sin vida y a dos heridos

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From Frontera: Shooting in Rosarito Beach

 - A few hours after the villas del Campo incident, in colonia Lucio Blanco of Rosarito Beach the initial reports stated that a person being detained by a police officer stabs the officer and steals the officer's unit, losing control and going down an embankment.  The police officer shot the suspect:

AFN
Atacan tambien a policia en Rosarito

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 - Frontera updates the Rosarito Beach story stating there were two police officers involved (not just one) and they are being detained while it is being determined if or not they shot this man in self defense.  The injured man's father said his son was shot five times, hospital officials say he was shot twice.  The father also stated that this is not the first time his son has been pulled over by the police, but it is because of his appearance and he suffers from mental problems. Currently he is in serious by stable condition:

Frontera
continuan investigaciones sobre oficial herido en rosarito

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From AFN

 - And Antonio Villegas Lujan the PEPO officer shot and killed reported last blog.  We had been receiving different versions on this story - one was that the PEPOS were responding to a call for help, when they arrived gunmen opened fire on them - and now the final version that this was an operation against drug dealers.  One man was arrested, it is unclear if he was inside or outside of the police unit or if he was cuffed.  He lunged at Officer Villegas Lujan, taking his weapon and shooting him then ran into a house and more gunfire was exchanged  where he eventually was shot and killed.  In this version, there is no mention of other accomplices:

AFN
Lamenta SSPE muerte de agente

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More updates 02/08:


 - Both Frontera and AFN reporting this afternoon and early evening three more executions:

4:15PM: Gunshots reported in colonia Pedregal de Sana Julia (San Antonio de los Buenos).  Two men found dead  with multiple gunshots lying on the side of a hill. Initial reports indicate that three people have been arrested.

7:45PM: One man shot in colonia rincon Dorado of Cerro Colorado.

Most likely more information on these events tomorrow.

UPDATE/EDIT 02/09: For some reason the Frontera article, "encuentran tres muertos en la tarde del viernes" is not coming up, it's not on their site nor can you pull it up if you type in the title.  El Mexicano has not reported these events (yet)...so here it is from AFN with pics :

AFN
Ejecutan a tres hombres a balazos

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Frontera
Encuentran tres muertas en la tarde del viernes

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02/07 - 02/04

From Frontera - The El Pozalero site

 - The search resumes for the missing people of Baja California believed to have been killed then their remains reduced in vats of acid by El Pozolero.  Excavations continue at the "La Gallera" in colonia Maclovio Rojoas  where cock fights once took place with SEIDO sending twenty experts to locate the skeletal remains, with assistance from CESPT.  In the initial search, Frontera reports 800 teeth were found among the remains dissolved in acid.  A third well or pila has also been located and the work on the second and third pilas is expected to last for fifteen days.   None of this would ever have been possible without the leadership of Fernando Ocegueda Flores, who this time around has expressed he is satisfied with the government's response - he said that despite the government slamming the door in people's faces before, now he finds there are actually good people within the government who are willing and able to help find the missing people of Baja California.  He also is urging relatives of lost family members to go to the PGJE offices and give DNA samples so matches can be made and closure can be achieved.  BTW, on Frontera in the video section, there is an interview with Fernando Ocegueda Flores:

Frontera
Hallan en casa de 'El Pozolero' 800 dientes

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 - In San Antonio de los Buenos one man wering some type of a uniform executed inside of house - Frontera reported he had been shot seven times:

AFN
Otro crimen: Asesinan a hombre en su casa

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 - San Quintin:  It has not been established if this death was drug related: the body of a young man found on the side of his house in San vicente with his computer next to him:

El Viga
Hallan sin vida a un estudiante

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 - A shooting in the Mexico neighborhood of Ensenada on Monday night sends one man to the hospital with injuries - by the time the police had arrived, he had checked himself pout.  Officials report this individual has a prior record:

El Vigia
Recibe un balazo en la entrepierna

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From AFN: many of you will recognize this gas station

 - On Wednesday a little after 10:00AM two gunmen open fire and kill a man at the gas station on Blvd. Agua Caliente (Zona Centro), the victim was carrying a California ID:

AFN
Ejecutan a hombre en gasolinera

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 - Frontera adds yet another one, this was the body of a man found in the Los Girales neighborhood of Presa Rural:

Frontera
Reportan dos homidios en el dia

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I'll be back....