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Mayhem in Monterrey: 4 die
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Four armed suspects were killed and two others were wounded in three separate shooting incidents involving Mexican security forces in and near Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.
- Four unidentified armed suspects were killed in a gunfight against a detachment of the Mexican Army in China, Nuevo Leon Saturday afternoon. The unit was dispatched to the location after after a call went out about armed men in the area near Ranch Corral Blanco. Suspects fired on the unit as soon as it arrived. Four armed suspects died when soldiers returned gunfire. At the location soldiers released four unidentified kidnap victims, two adults and two children. Detained were two unidentified female suspects. Seized were 16 firearms, 180 magazines, 6,000 rounds of ammunition, four vehicles, 22 black trimmings, 6 tactical vests and various radio equipment.
- One armed suspect was detained following an ambush on two Nuevo Leon state police agents Monday. Suspects aboard a Ford sedan fired weapons on two Seguridad Publica del Estado (SPE) agents near the intersection of calles Senda de La Paz and Paseo de La Luz, precipitating a brief pursuit. Alan Ricardo, 17, was arrested following the chase. Another unidentified suspect escaped detention.
- One armed suspect and one civilian minor male were wounded in a shooting in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon early Sunday morning. Suspects aboard Chevrolet X-Trail SUV fired on a Mexican Army detachment on calle Rio Antua in the Dos Rios colony. The subsequent pursuit ended on Avenida Israel Cavazos in front of an auto service facility when the driver was hit by gunfire. Two accomplices in the vehicle fled the scene and were not detained. Aboard the abandoned vehicle soldiers found eight Nextel brand radios. one of them still broadcasting. Later, military personnel were flagged down by an unidentified taxi driver who claimed his son was hit by stray gunfire, and had been taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Posted by: badanov 2011-03-15 |
