Pubdate: Sat, 13 Mar 2010
Source: El Paso Times (TX)
Copyright: 2010 El Paso Times
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Author: Adriana M. Chavez, El Paso Times

6 SLAIN, 4 WOUNDED AT HOUSE IN JUAREZ

A wake for a shooting victim in Juarez became the site of more
violence Thursday when gunmen killed six people and wounded four.

The bodies of three men and a 16-year-old boy were found outside a
house in the Parajes del Sur colonia, police said Friday. They found
the body of another man, Filiberto Rios Rosas, 26, in a car parked
nearby.

The sixth victim, Diana Aide Martinez Rivas, 21, died at a Juarez
hospital, police said.

Police identified the other four who were killed as Anselmo Eloy
Zuniga Ortiz, 23; Jose Alberto Martinez Salgado, 25; Juan Jose Leyva
Olan, 28; and Julio Cesar Ra mirez Herrera, 16. Each was shot multiple
times Thursday after leaving the home where the wake was held.

On Friday, investigators were still trying to determine how many
gunmen were involved. Investigators found 66 bullet casings, included
casings usually used in AK-47 rifles, police said.

Three men and a woman were wounded in the violence. Police said they
were taken to hospitals in Juarez, but their conditions were not
disclosed Friday.

The wake was for Aaron Alberto Florez Ortiz, 18, who was shot to death
Tuesday night in the same neighborhood. Police found Ortiz's body in
the driver's seat of a car parked near Paseo del Sur and Mar Azul streets.

The attack at the wake was the second recent multiple killing in the
Juarez area. On March 2, six people, including a 16-year-old boy, were
shot and killed at a ranch near the village of Praxedis G. Guerrero.

In January, gunmen invaded a party and killed 16 people, many of them
teenagers. Investigators said the killers thought the teens were
members of a rival gang.

The drug-related violence in Juarez has residents and police on high
alert. On Wednesday, a threat was left at the city's police memorial
after the killing of an off-duty officer.

That victim, Patrol Officer Luis Alberto Adame Rubio, 32, was chased
down in his car and shot by gunmen. He had joined the Juarez police a
year ago, part of classes of recruits who were to weed out corruption.

Security for Juarez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz has also been increased.
The mayor was the target of a death-threat note found Wednesday along
with a pig's head.

About 4,700 people have been killed in Juarez since January 2008, the
start of a war between the Sinaloa and Juarez drug cartels. 
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