EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The mayor of Juarez is blaming weekend mass shootings on rival drug cartels fighting for control of crystal methamphetamine sales in that border city of 1.5 million people.
An 11-year-old boy was among five people killed Friday night at home in the Heroes de la Revolucion neighborhood where the funeral for a man shot to death last Wednesday was being held. Police said three vehicles arrived at the home on Calle Alanis, with several men getting out and shooting indiscriminately at those attending.
Police identified three of the victims only by their first names and initials: Juan Carlos H.A., 34; Daniel Eduardo H.A., 30; and Heriberto C. The names of the child and the fifth victim have not been released; a sixth person was shot and remains in critical condition at a Juarez hospital, police told a KTSM/Border Report camera crew.
Early Sunday, Juarez police responded to a second shooting with multiple dead inside a home on Calle Zacatenco in the western portion of the city. Two men and a woman were killed during an apparent home invasion.