Mexico's military kills 12 cartel members in a shootout just 10 miles from the border with Texas
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]- The Mexican Army's 16th Motorized Cavalry were met with fire in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico and killed 12 members of the Tropa del Infierno [Inferno Troop], a hit squad tied to the Cártel del Noreste [Northeast Cartel]
- The incident took place approximately at 3am while the soldiers were patrolling the Fresnos neighborhood and were attacked by the Inferno Troop gang
- The military said none of its soldiers were killed or wounded in the gun battle
- The Cártel del Noreste was founded in 2014 as a sub-division under the then-powerful Los Zetas criminal organization and is led by Juan Gerardo 'El Huevo' Treviño Chavez
- The criminal organization has a presence in the northeast states of Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León and the north-central states of San Luis Potosí and Zacatecas
Posted by: Skidmark 2020-07-04 |