U.S Citizen Killed in Mexico (Gun fight)

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat material from SinEmbargo

During a shootout between to men

A Mexican tourist was shot dead on Saturday on the Costera Miguel Aleman, in Acapulco, Guerrero, according to local reports.

The report of a murdered man and a wounded woman in the La Pinzona neighborhood was alerted to the authorities at 11:30 am.

The Ministry of Public Security reported that the events were recorded at 11:30 in the morning in a building, next to Las Tarascas restaurant, which caused tourists and locals to run for cover.

These facts are given on the eve of the start of the Tianguis Touristico of Acapulco, which seeks to boost the tourism industry, however, so far this week there have been at least 10 homicides in that coastal city

A tourist who was based in California, United States, was shot dead  a few blocks from the Zócalo of the city of Acapulco.

According to local media, a woman was also wounded by a firearm in the vicinity of the CROM building, one block from the Zócalo of that city in the state of Guerrero.

The authorities' report indicates that they received an alert for an attack with firearms, and when they reached the place they found the two tourists, the dead man and a woman was wounded.

From Reforma:

This Saturday, a Mexican tourist who was from the United States, died of a gunshot wound during a firefight that was carried out by two individuals who were chasing each other on Avenida de la Costera Miguel Aleman, four blocks from the base of this port.

The tourist Esteban Moreno, who was with his wife in the building of the CROM, was shot and died instantly. [Reforma does not report the wife being shot]

Mexico : Decapitation behind the Caterpillar company.

Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat from Rancherita Airethank you Lacy! 

In Ciudad Acuña, the red code was activated after  the location of a man's decapitated head in the maquila sector, behind the Caterpillar company.

Although authorities have not disclosed the finding, it was learned that a human head was found on the site and a blue cartulina  was left next to the grisly discovery.

The cartulina message says this will happen to all of those who are with La Fuerza and Ministeriales and was signed by the CDN, Cartel del Noreste.

Although authorities have not yet been able to identify the beheaded,  is a person of dark complexion, about 30 years, short hair and a mustache, with a beard.

At 600 meters from the head the police located a Dodge Neon car, in which there were sharp weapons including an axe, with which they decapitated the man.

This is the second decapitated located in the North Region of Coahuila in 20 days.

Chivis Note: This state is adjacent to Tamaulipas and has been largely controlled by Zetas before and after the 2010 split with CDG. It has been relatively peaceful for a few years with sporatice outbreaks of violence in some cities such as Piedras Negras.   Acuña sits on the bravo Rio side of the border adjacent to Del Rio Texas.  Piedras is adjacent to Eagle Pass Texas.  Both are close to Allende where the Zetas massacre occurred killing hundreds, during the time of ongoing horrific violence.

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One dead after protesters storm Turkish military camp in north Iraq

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One protester was killed and at least 10 others wounded following demonstration against regular Turkish airstrikes in Kurdish region of Iraq

Video shows protesters walking towards Turkish controlled-positions in northern Iraq (screenshot)

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One protester was killed and at least 10 others wounded when they stormed a Turkish military camp near Dohuk in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region on Saturday, burning two tanks and other vehicles, residents and Kurdish officials said.

An unamed Kurdish official in the region of Dohuk said the crowd was demonstrating over a recent Turkish air raid that killed four civilians. He did not want to be named.

Najib Saeed, the chief health official in the area, said it was not yet clear what caused the death of the protester. Saeed said Turkish soldiers had shot at protesters and that the burning of vehicles and equipment had caused several explosions.

Turkey's Defence Ministry wrote on Twitter: "An attack has occurred on one of the bases located in northern Iraq as a result of provocation by the PKK terrorist organisation. There was partial damage to vehicles and equipment during the attack.

"Necessary precautions are being taken regarding the incident," the ministry said, without naming the base.

One Palestinian killed and several wounded by Israeli settlers near Ramallah

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Group of settlers from illegal Adei Ad outpost reportedly clashed with Palestinian villagers in olive grove near village of Mughayir

Hamdi Taleb Nasan, 38, was father of four children

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Israeli settlers shot and killed a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, Palestinian officials and the Israeli military said.

The incident followed a confrontation between settlers and Palestinians near the city of Ramallah in which a settler was lightly injured, the military said.

"Initial details suggest that shortly thereafter, a conflict erupted between Israeli civilians and Palestinians in the area, in which live rounds were fired by the civilians. One Palestinian died and several others are injured," the military said in a statement, adding that an investigation has begun.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the man was one of at least six Palestinians shot during clashes in Mughayir village near Ramallah. It identified the dead man as Hamdi Taleb Nasan, 38, a father of four children. One of the wounded Palestinians was said to be in serious condition.

Refugees mourn children killed by cold in Syria camp

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Eight children have died in Rukban camp this month, as families blame terrible living conditions and lack of humanitarian aid for their deaths

Masoud al-Awwad lost his one-and-a-half-month-old daughter Yasmeen due to lack of medical services and dire living conditions (MEE)

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Clutching her young baby to her chest to warm her up during one of many freezing nights that Syria's Rukban refugee camp has had to endure this winter, Samah al-Awwad unwittingly fell asleep.

When she woke with the sunrise, the bundle between her arms had turned cold.

“It was one of those dark, freezing nights when my Yasmeen was sleeping in my arms. There should be nowhere warmer than on my chest but it was cold even there,” said Samah, 33, choking on her words as she relived the moment.

“I don’t know how I fell asleep, but when I woke up at sunrise I felt a coldness between my hands, where my baby was. She was supposed to be warm.”

Yasmeen was born a month-and-a-half earlier in the neglected camp, located in a demilitarised zone of southeastern Syria near the Jordan border, just as it was enveloped by a hostile winter.

There should be nowhere warmer than on my chest but it was cold even there

- Samah al-Awaad, mother of one-month-old baby who died earlier this month

More than half of the 15 Syrian children who have died in refugee camps in Syria and Lebanon this winter lived in Rukban, an impoverished settlement of at least 40,000 internally displaced Syrians, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

When Samah got pregnant almost a year ago, she and her husband Masoud were hoping they would either be able to return to their home by the time Yasmeen was born, or be allowed to leave the camp for a hospital. Neither happened.

The couple had spent weeks trying to get Yasmeen through the winter, sleeping in shifts to ensure they could tend to the illnesses she had suffered since her difficult birth.

The delivery almost killed both mother and child and left Samah in a 24-hour coma. She puts her survival down to the “miraculous” work of a camp midwife. The camp had no incubator to keep the frail newborn in.

“Health care facilities are barely functioning and have very few staff or medical supplies. There are no generators or fuel to provide even minimum warmth to alleviate the bitterly cold weather,” WHO said in a statement on 17 January.