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US Teens Killed in Mexico Shooting

Authorities unsure of motive behind the killings

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 8, 2011 12:03 PM CST

(Newser) – Three teenage boys have been shot and killed in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, authorities revealed yesterday, and at least two of them were US high school students in Texas. The boys were killed Saturday afternoon while browsing a car dealership, the AP reports. One was found inside a white Jeep Cherokee, while the others were lying in the courtyard, the scene surrounded by some 60 bullet casings.

So far, police don’t have any clue as to the motive behind the killings. All three boys lived in Mexico, but two were US citizens. One, Carlos Mario Gonzalez Bermudez, 16, commuted to a private Catholic school in El Paso. The other, Juan Carlos Echeverri, 15, left the same school last year to study in Ciudad Juarez. The school, which is comprised of 20% Ciudad Juarez residents, plans to hold a rosary service for Gonzalez Bermudez later this week.

The bodies of two young boys lie next to cars at the site where three teenage boys were shot to death outside of a car dealership in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Feb. 5, 2011.
The bodies of two young boys lie next to cars at the site where three teenage boys were shot to death outside of a car dealership in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Feb. 5, 2011.   (AP Photo)
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woodyTX
Feb 8, 2011 3:29 PM CST
Very sad. I'll bet a month's salary the weapon was "made in the USA". This has to stop.
Brad None
Feb 8, 2011 1:28 PM CST
the pictures are not a good thing for the family at all. Maybe having people see some of this pictures will help though, i can't hurt to put some attention onto the issue. all we hear about, are fallen soldiers over seas. While any individual death is an equal tragedy to those who loved the person, it does not explain why we focus so much in the middle east, when we have a greater hell hole sharing our boarder. There is also the issue with American ghettos. almost 1000 murdered in Chicago alone every year. we need military in Mexico, and national guard flushing out the bad seeds in the urban slums.
Riffran
Feb 8, 2011 1:25 PM CST
Welcome to mehico.... The land of love and sunshine.
 

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