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Mayhem in Monterrey: 2 die, 11 wounded
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Two dead and 11 hurt is the toll in several shooting incidents in and around Monterrey Nuevo Leon, including six Mexican Policia Federal wounded in an ambush Wednesday night in San Nicholas de las Garza, Nuevo Leon.
- One municipal police officer was wounded in a shooting late Tuesday night following a grenade attack on a police substation in Apodaca, Nuevo Leon, say Mexican press accounts.
Armed suspects aboard a Ford Ranger pickup truck attacked a police substation near the intersection of calles Moises Saenz and Zaragoza in the El Mezquital colony at about 2330 hrs using hand grenades and small arms fire.
The substation was unoccupied since it is only open during the day. Following the attack, the suspects headed south towards San Nicholas, where they were intercepted near the corner of calles Santa Rosa and Lopez Mateos. There the suspects abandoned the vehicle and fled into a nearby woods.
As police closed in on their location the suspects opened fired hitting an unidentified municipal police officer.
None of the suspects were captured in the pursuit.
- Two Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon municipal transit police officers were wounded in a grenade attack Tuesday night.
The police were parked at a gas station at about 2000 hrs when at least two armed suspects aboard a sedan threw a hand grenade at the officers near the intersection of avenidas Miguel Aleman and Las Américas in the America colony.
The police suffered minor injuries. Damage was limited to the police unit, which was totally destroyed by the detonation.
- An intergang shooting in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon Wednesday has left two gang members dead and two others seriously wounded. The shooting took place at about 1200 hrs near the intersection of calles Sayula and Tenochtitlan in the Azteca colony. Reports say the shootout forced a nearby primary school to close down.
Reports also say two armed suspects arrived at the scene aboard a Dodge Caravan and fired on four individuals killing two. It is assumed the shooters fled the area without being caught.
- The bodyguard of a local mayor was shot and killed Wednesday night in Apodaca, Nuevo Leon. Miguel Angel Romero was driving his Chevrolet Blazer on avenida Metroplex when armed suspects aboard another vehicle fired on him wounding him. Angel Romero died later that evening at the Hospital Universitario.
Angel Romero was a bodyguard for Escobedo, Nuevo Leon mayor Clara Luz Flores,and had served in the Mexican Army.
- Six Mexican Federal agents and one civilian were shot and wounded in an ambush near San Nicholas de las Garza, Nuevo Leon Wednesday night. A detachment of Policia Federal were on patrol near the intersection of Avenida La Aurora and Calle Septima when they were fired on by armed suspects at about 2240 hrs. The civilian wounded was caught in the crossfire. Several units of Mexican security forces subsequently searched the area but failed to turn up the attackers.
Later that evening one suspect was arrested in connection with the shooting. A vehicle and a number of weapons and munitions were seized.
- A large detachment of Mexican Marines conducted a raid on a warehouse in Guadalupe Thursday morning. Reports say the 15 vehicle unit was assisted by two helicopters as the soldiers entered the warehouse and two nearby residences. No further information has been released on the operation.
Posted by: badanov 2011-03-18 |
