AZMEX UPDATE 12-6-12

AZMEX UPDATE 12 JUN 2012

Note:  group of 37 west of Tucson.  Representative of more and larger groups over past couple months, all along the border.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov_6L9ryN-Y&feature=g-all-u  

Gunmen in Nogales, Sonora chase down, kill local physician

http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/gunmen-in-nogales-sonora-chase-down-kill-local-physician/article_10c7dfe8-b495-11e1-8387-0019bb2963f4.html  

 

Photo courtesy of Radio XENY

Crime scene

Investigators surround the crime scene Monday night.

Posted: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 6:46 am | Updated: 6:53 am, Tue Jun 12, 2012.

Nogales International 

A well-known internist was gunned down in mid-town Nogales, Sonora Monday night following a pursuit by gunmen in at least two vehicles.

While the name of the victim had yet to be confirmed officially, Radio XENY reported sources saying Dr. Armando Flores Haro, 52, of Nogales, Sonora died at the scene near the intersection of Vasquez Street and Obregon Avenue after being shot as he exited his vehicle about 10 meters from the intersection and approximately five blocks from the U.S. border. The newspaper Nuevo Dia, citing investigators from the state Attorney General's Office, also identified the victim as Flores Haro.

The media reports said Flores Haro was driving east on Calle Vasquez toward Avenida Obregon in a late-model red Jeep Liberty with Arizona plates and apparently made a U-turn. It is speculated he was confronted by his assassins at that point.

Nuevo Dia reported that gunmen fired at his vehicle during a pursuit, shattering the Jeep's windshield. At that point, the paper said, investigators believe he got out of the vehicle and tried to flee on foot, but was gunned down.

His body was found lying on the pavement a few feet from his vehicle, which was facing in an westerly direction.

Sources told Radio XENY that investigators found 11 spent 9 mm bullet cartridges. The incident remains under investigation.

Note:  Update

Arrests made in murder of border doctor

4 hours ago  •  

Tim Steller, Arizona Daily Star

http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/arrests-made-in-murder-of-border-doctor/article_713b75d6-b4bf-11e1-8256-0019bb2963f4.html  

Police in Nogales, Sonora have arrested two men in the brazen Monday night murder of a well-known border-area doctor.

The two men targeted Dr. Armando Flores Haro for robbery and shot him when he resisted, said Sonora's attorney general, Carlos Alberto Navarro Sugich, in a press release.

The shooting happened at about 8:35 p.m. Monday when Flores Haro was chased as he drove his 2006 Jeep Liberty on Calle Vazquez, near Avenida Obregón in downtown Nogales, the release said. The pair rammed his car, and when he tried to get away, they shot him.

He died in an area of Nogales frequented by Americans who cross the border for medicine, medical appointments or tourism.

Police spotted the suspects' car, a 2005 Audi, in a nearby neighborhood and arrested them, the release says. The suspects are Abraham Minjares Covarrubias and Francisco Javier Salazar Nolasco, both 23 and from Ciudad Obregón, Sonora.

They also seized two pistols and an AR-15-type rifle from the vehicle, the release says.

Flores Haro was a well-known doctor in the border area, with patients from both sides of the line, said assistant Lisabet Martinez, who was answering constant calls at the doctor's office today.

Employees in Flores Haro's nine-doctor office were feeling "destroyed," Martinez said through tears. Flores Haro was an internist who headed a local emergency center, Hospital del Socorro.

The dramatic killing comes after a year of relative peace from such dramatic public attacks, which proliferated from 2007 to early 2011.

Publicada: 12/06/2012 02:44    Por: Redacción ElImparcial       

Matan pistoleros a dos en Caborca

http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Policiaca/12062012/598980.aspx

HERMOSILLO, Sonora(PH)

José Larrinaga Talamantes detalló que en coordinación elementos del Ejército Mexicano y de la Policía Federal y Municipal, se realiza un operativo para dar con los presuntos responsables.

Alrededor de las 18:50 horas del domingo, expuso, se tuvo conocimiento a través del C4 de que varios hombres a bordo de automóviles y que portaban armas largas, habían asesinado a dos personas.

El primero de ellos fue en la calle Alejandro Espinoza esquina con Roberto Vásquez, precisó, donde se localizó sin vida a un hombre, de tez morena, estatura baja, complexión regular y que presentaba varias heridas producidas con proyectil de arma de fuego, en diferentes partes de su cuerpo.

La víctima llevaba entre sus ropas una credencial del IFE a nombre de Jesús Campos Tenorio, de 36 años de edad, originario de El Jobo, Omealca, Veracruz, señaló el vocero.

La víctima llevaba entre sus ropas una credencial del IFE a nombre de Jesús Campos Tenorio, de 36 años de edad, originario de El Jobo, Omealca, Veracruz, señaló el vocero.

En el mencionado lugar, a seis metros aproximadamente del cuerpo, se aseguraron dos casquillos percutidos calibre 7.62 x 39 milímetros.

En un segundo domicilio, ubicado en calles Alejandro Espinoza y Ramón Badillo, a una cuadra al Este del anterior, en Las Torres, poblado La Y Griega, se encontró a la segunda víctima, en el interior del patio trasero, indicó.

Era de tez morena clara, complexión delgada, de 1.60 metros de estatura, pelo entrecano, de alrededor de 60 años de edad, apuntó Larrinaga Talamantes, presentaba también varias heridas producidas por proyectil de arma de fuego en diferentes partes de su cuerpo.

Era de tez morena clara, complexión delgada, de 1.60 metros de estatura, pelo entrecano, de alrededor de 60 años de edad, apuntó Larrinaga Talamantes, presentaba también varias heridas producidas por proyectil de arma de fuego en diferentes partes de su cuerpo.

En el interior del mencionado domicilio se encontraron residuos de la droga conocida como "crystal", misma que estaba en pedazos de focos convencionales; asímismo se aseguraron ocho casquillos percutidos y uno útil, calibre 7.62 x 39 milímetros.

Al lugar de los hechos acudió el agente segundo del Ministerio Público del Fuero Común, quien ordenó el levantamiento y traslado de los cuerpos para realizar las diligencias de ley.