Mexico’s Drug Gangs Target Civilians in Clashes That Kill 11
- Radio employees killed outside pizzeria, Reforma reports
- Oxxo stores reportedly set on fire for a second time this week
Members of the National Guard and forensic experts work at the site where four radio station workers were killed and two restaurant employees wounded in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Aug. 11.
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A prison dispute between rival gangs spiraled out of control in Mexico on Thursday, leading to street violence in Ciudad Juarez and the deaths of 11 people, including civilians.
Four local radio employees outside a Little Caesars were shot and killed, according to Reforma newspaper, which also reported shots fired at a Circle K and Molotov cocktails thrown at an Oxxo convenience store in the city that neighbors El Paso, Texas.