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Bad guys hit cop shop with grenade in Nuevo Laredo

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By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com

Violence in Nuevo Laredo started its fourth day Tuesday morning with a grenade attack against a municipal police station, according to Mexican news accounts.

The attack took place at about 0800 hrs near the Nuevo Laredo municipal police station near the intersection of Avenida Avila Camacho and the Anahuac highway. One unidentified civilian was wounded, one car was immolated and another was damaged by the blast. The explosion was heard as far as seven kilometers away.

There are reports that another shootout took place between armed suspects and a Mexican Army unit later that morning in an area in western Nuevo Laredo called Santa Fe.

The Tamaulipas state Fiscalia General del Estado or attorney general told foreign press agencies that the two Monday afternoon shootouts between Mexican Army units and armed suspects killed seven unidentified armed suspects.

Mexican federal government agencies do not release news to the public due to a clampdown on government propaganda as outlined by Article 41 of the Mexican Constitution which forbids dissemination. That ban is expected to be lifted the day after the presidential election on July 1st.

Reports also say that the four international bridges were apparently unaffected by Tuesday's attacks.

Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com
Posted by: badanov 2012-04-25
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