A 40-year-old man was shot once in a pork meat restaurant close to Mexicali airport in western Mexicali, according to law enforcement agencies reports.
The incident was reported at 12:50 p.m. Sunday.
The victim was identified as Ruben Enrique Vardey.
According to authorities the suspect arrived on a black Chrysler PT Cruiser.
Witnesses told the police the suspect called the victim from his vehicle.
After the victim approached the PT Cruiser the suspect shot the victim on the left shoulder.
The injured man entered the restaurant while the suspect unsuccessfully shot four more times.
The suspect hit the victim with the firearm, authorities said.
The police said the suspect left his vehicle abandoned in a rural area.
The suspect was accompanied by two drivers on a silver Audi and a burgundy Honda CRV.
Detectives found at the scene four .40 caliber casings.
The victim was transported to Clinic 30 of the Mexican Institute of Social Security.
Man shot to dead in rural town
A 67-year-old man was shot to dead in his Mexicali Valley residence, authorities said.
The victim was identified as Gregorio De La Cruz Vázquez, who was killed at Colonia López Mateos rural town located by the Kilometer 40 mark of the Tijuana Highway.
The murder was reported at 3 p.m. Saturday at a victim’s residence.
Authorities said the suspect entered the scene and shot the victim several times.
The victim died at the scene.
The suspect then fled on a red pickup that was reportedly involved in a traffic accident moments later about seven miles from the scene and close to Ejido Michoacán de Ocampo rural town.
No additional details have been provided by authorities.
Man found deceased on street
A 45-year-old man died Saturday evening after being injured several times with a knife, authorities said.
The deceased man was found at 9:39 p.m. at Tapiceros Sur Street between K and J streets after witnesses reported an injured man at the scene.
Police officers and paramedics arrived and observed the victim lying on the street dressed with blue denim jeans and a red shirt.
The victim died on the site.
Authorities said the victim did not carry any identification card.
The police said no witnesses saw the suspect who left the scene right away after the attack.
State disburses Christmas bonus payment
A state official said Sunday interim teachers began getting last year’s Christmas bonuses.
Secretary of Education Miguel Ángel Mendoza said the state started transferring funds and releasing checks to teachers for a total of 25 million pesos or $1.38 million.
The official said with these payments the state began to regularize money owed to teachers.
The lack of payment took the Local 37 of the National Education Workers Union, or SNTE in Spanish, out to the streets and off the classrooms at least three days in the last two weeks.
Union teachers protested after a series of negotiations with the state in order to pay the money owed.
Secretary Mendoza said the state has been willing to address the issue by paying 85 million pesos or $4.7 million in salaries owed to interim teachers since January.
Other funds owed to teachers will be paid depending on availability of funds, Mendoza said.
Secretary Mendoza met Monday with teacher union leaders in order to address teachers’ concerns.
Alleged murderer arrested
State police agents arrested Saturday an individual allegedly involved in the murder of a woman over a year ago, said the Attorney General’s office.
The agency said the suspect was identified as Noe Francisco “Doe.”
The suspect allegedly shot to dead Irene Berenice Murúa Delgado, 38, on Oct. 16, 2015.
Authorities said the suspect arrived at a residence located at Río Moctezuma Avenue in the unincorporated area of Gonzalez Ortega in eastern Mexicali.
Witnesses told authorities the suspect arrived and claimed the victim for some robbed items that belonged to the suspect.
The victim agreed to eventually pay the suspect.
However, the suspect brandished a firearm and shot the victim several times on the chest and the abdominal area.
The victim was transported to Mexicali’s General Hospital, where she succumbed to the injuries.
The suspect fled on a black vehicle and absconded at Los Algodones rural town until his arrest.
The suspect was booked in Mexicali Jail.
