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At least five dead after a shootout in Rosarito, Baja California.
ROSARITO.- Five men are dead after a shootout in the city of Rosarito, Baja California, the shootout took place in the popular area of Los Arenales (sand dunes), according to news reports there are at least ten people who were injured in the attack, some of them remain in grave condition, the injured were taken to hospitals in both Rosarito and Tijuana.
There is no official report on the names of those killed, but unofficial reports claim they all are from Ensenada, Baja California and one of them in the son of a municipal delegate in Ensenada.
According to a report in Frontera.info, a group of armed men arrived in a SUV at Los Arenales initiating the shootout.
Members of the Red Cross arrived at the scene but couldn´t do much for the young men, 3 of them were reported as dead at the scene and others were taken to the hospital were another one died.
Moments after that, a black Jeep crashed against a Taxi on the Benito Juarez blvd., the occupants of the Jeep were driving under the influence and speeding through traffic prompting a police chase, they were trying to help one of the injured in the attack, the young man was declared dead when the paramedics arrived at the scene.
A big police operation was underway at the moment of this writing covering all the way from Los Arenales to Tijuana. There are no official reports of arrests but press reports mention 3 men were held inside a patrol car yelling they were innocent.
Just yesterday another man identified as Alfonso Eleazar Echeverría Hernández was executed outside of his home in the Lienzo Charro area, witness reports claim 3 men arrived at Echeverria´s home and when he opened the door, the men shot him in the head. When the police agents arrived at the scene, they found a man lying on the floor face down with two gunshot wounds on the head, Echeverria died hours later at a hospital in Tijuana were he was taken.
SOURCES for this:
http://frontera.info/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Policiaca/16032014/820521-Asesinan-a-cuatro-y-hieren-a-dos-en-zona-Los-Arenales.html
http://www.milenio.com/policia/Asesinan-Rosarito-Tijuana_0_262773977.html
http://www.oem.com.mx/elsoldetijuana/notas/n3325825.htm
Source: http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2014/03/at-least-five-dead-after-shootout-in.html
