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Durango: Mexican Army Bags 12 Bad Guys; 5 Others Die
 Google Translate from a variety of sourses. For a map, click here.17 Die near the city of Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango A gunfight in Durango between elements of the Mexican Army and armed suspects Thursday morning led to a toll of 12 suspected drug gang members killed and three wounded soldiers, according to Mexican press accounts. A detachment of the Mexican 10th Military Zone was fired on in the town of La Soledad in Santiago Papasquiaro on the road leading to Los Herrera. The firefight lasted for two hours. According to reports an initial battle took place near the city of Santiago Papasquiaro in which apparently no one was hurt, then hours later a second battle took place near Los Herreras at rancho El Cazadero 10 kilometers northwest of Santiago Papasquiaro. Following the gunfight the army seized 16 rifles, 110 magazines, 13 bulletproof vests, and four vehicles. Documents found in the vehicles lead authorities to think the gang belonged to the Sinaloa drug gang. Santiago Papasquiaro is about 25 kilometers northwest of Victoria de Durango, the capital of Durango, and about 200 kilometers west of Gomez Palicio. Meanwhile, in Santiago Papasquiaro Wednesday the decapitated and mutilated bodies of three workers were found on calle Primero de Mayo in the Nueva Esperanza district. Earlier that morning a bar tender and a waiter at the bar Poolerama shot to death by armed suspects. Posted by: badanov 2010-08-13 |
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