(24 Oct 2010)
1. Wide exterior of church
2. Close of the church name, reading (Spanish): 'Lord of the Miracles'
3. Wide of mourners outside the church
4. Mourners leaning against cars
5. Mid of a group singing, many of the victims were part of a folk group,
6. Close of woman singing
7. Four men carrying a coffin out of car
8. Men carrying the coffin passing by camera
9. Close of man hugging a coffin
10. Close of man's hand
11. Close of woman staring at coffin and crying while being consoled by friends and relatives
12. Mid of people around a coffin, crying
13. Close of two teenage boys crying over a coffin
14. Close of woman crying over a coffin
15. Mid of people around a coffin, one man walking away, crying
16. Two women hugging each other
17. Wide of mourners inside the church
18. Mid of mourners inside the church
19. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Miriam Yadira Ponce, sister of two of the victims:
"We are afraid of going into the streets, this is no longer a city, this is just pure violence, we don't even want to go out anymore (she starts weeping)"
20. Various of relatives gathered around one of the coffins
STORYLINE
A funeral for four of the victims of Friday's birthday party massacre in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, took place on Sunday morning, amidst the tears, frustration and despair of their relatives and school friends.
Mourners gathered at the 'Lord of the Miracles' church on Sunday, in emotional scenes relatives were seen weeping over the open coffins of their loved ones.
The death toll from the birthday party massacre rose on Sunday to 14 after an 18-year-old male died of his wounds.
Another nineteen people were wounded in the attack on two private homes where about four dozen partygoers had gathered for a teen's birthday.
The dead identified so far were aged from 13 to 32 years old, and the majority of the victims were high school students, a survivor said.
While investigators said they have not yet identified the perpetrators or a motive, police found 70 bullet casings from assault weapons typically used by drug gangs at the scene of the shootings.
Cartel violence has killed more than two-thousand people so far this year in the city across from El Paso, Texas.
"We are afraid of going into the streets, this is no longer a city, this is just pure violence, we don't even want to go out anymore," said Miriam Yadira Ponce, the sister of two of the victims killed in Friday's attack.
Friday's attack recalled a similar massacre in Ciudad Juarez in January, when gunmen killed 15 people at a house party.
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