More Executions in Juárez

At 7:30 last night a man identified as Jose Antonio Medina Flores, a.k.a. "El Tony," 53 years of age, was executed outside a grocery store in Barrio Alto.  Several 9 mm spent cartridges were found near his body.  He had been convicted of "crimes against health," (drug stuff) and had completed a sentence in el Cereso.  According to Diario (click here) he was known to have been a sicario for La Vieja Guardia.  

 

La Vieja Guardia is a faction within the Los Aztecas (also known as Barrio Azteca, Indios, and Pencos) prison gang, associated with the Juárez Cartel.  In mid-2017, however, La Vieja Guardia broke with the Juárez Cartel in a dispute over internal promotions, a dispute that involved the Barrio Azteca hierarchy in El Paso.  At least some of its members began working for the Sinaloa Cartel--deadly rivals of the Juárez Cartel--and the feud is believed to have produced a significant spike in the number of homicides in Juárez last year.

At 10:00 pm last night a man was executed in front of his home in Col Eréndira.

 

A woman was gunned down in Col. Sendero de San Isidro, yesterday afternoon.  Her identity has not been revealed.