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Tamaulipas: Nine Dead Bad Guys in Nuevo Laredo --UPDATED
 Google Translate with a hat tip to Blog del Narco for additional details and photos links.The Overseas Security Advisory Council has released information about this ongoing battle SEDENA just announced the revised toll to nine gang members and two civilians dead. Nine dead armed suspects, two civilians and one dead Mexican soldier are the toll in firefights between Mexican security forces and apparent members of the criminal gang Los Zetas in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Thursday, according to Mexican press and other reports. Reports are that Friday armed suspects hijacked heavy vehicles and placed blockades in various parts of the city, and that the blocks remain at the current time. Thursday afternoon, a Mexican Army patrol, part of the 8th Milittary Zone, was fired on by armed suspects in the Villa de San Miguel district of Nuevo Laredo. The resulting exchange totalled four dead unidentified gang members and one dead soldier. The Army reported the seizure of a vehicle and several weapons and munitions. Mexican Federal agents chased a Mercury sedan Thursday travelling along the Anahuac-Nuevo Laredo in the El Campanario district. The vehicle crashed and two suspects were arrested, Agents seized a fragmentary grenade, a package of marijuana and munitions. On Friday, news released by the US Consulate in Nuevo Laredo and others through Twitter was several avenues in Nuevo Laredo were blocked by hijacked vehicles and that Mexican Federal authorities were refusing to approach the blockades. The blockades were initiated by Los Zetas in an apparent successful effort to cover their escape from the city. Reports released by state authorities say that a total of 21 civilians have been hurt in the violence. Posted by: badanov 2010-07-17 |
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