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Mexican Army units fought several battles with armed criminal groups in and around Monterrey, Nuevo Leon since last Monday.
- A Mexican Army detachment has killed two armed suspects in the village of La Purisma in the General Teran municipality Monday. The unit encountered a Toyota Tundra pickup truck with armed suspects aboard and returned fire killing both suspects. The firefight took place on the Montemorelos-General Teran highway. The unit was dispatched just after receiving reports of two police officers being kidnapped. An disclosed quantity of weapons and munitions were seized.
- Various Mexican Army detachments fought drug cartel gunmen in and around Monterrey Tuesday.
- At about 1405 hrs Tuesday in the municipality of Escodedo in Villas del Arco colony on the road to Montaclava, an army unit fought a battle with a Los Zetas armed group, killing three suspects. Among the dead were Commandante Lino a Los Zetas commander said to be responsible for fighting Gulf drug cartel forces in the area. Seized in the aftermath were nine rifles, two pistols, two fragmentation hand grenades, three 40mm grenades, and six vehicles.
- In Cadereyta, east of Monterrey, a Mexican Army unit fought a gun battle with an armed group said to be an element of the Gulf cartel, killing one. Seized were two vehicles, 17 firearms, a grenade, 5,186 rounds of ammunition and 114 magazines.
- At about 1440 hrs in Garcia, an army unit fought an armed group killing one suspect. Two rifles were seized, and one pickup truck was destroyed by fire, apparently in the encounter.
- In the Fernando Amilpa colony in Escobedo, a Mexican Army unit was attacked by unknown suspects. Return fire by soldiers wounded one unidentified civilian.
- A total of 11 roadblocks were placed by criminal elements in Monterrey Tuesday, said to be a reaction to army operations in the area. The blocks began at about 1520 hours and affected the northern and northeast zones of the city. Many of the roadblocks were centered around San Nicholas de las Garza at the northeast bypass and avenidas Sendero and Raul Salinas. Reports say armed suspects carjacked several vehicles at gunpoint, and then disabled them to block roads. San Nicholas has been in recent days a focal point of armed criminal attacks, especially on police facilities.
- A Mexican Army unit was dispatched to Apodaca on reports of dead bodies in the Cosmopolis colony between calles Andromeda and Antares. However, reports were found to be false and the unit was withdrawn from the area.
- A shootout between armed groups in Monterrey has left three civilians wounded Tuesday. At about 1730 Monday a firefight erupted between the occupants of two moving vehicles, said to be vans or SUVs near the intersection of avenida Eugenio Garza Sada and Revolucion. The wounded were employees of Comision Federal de Electricidad who were hit by AR-15 rounds. The driver of one of the vehicles involved hit a traffic signal, overturning it. The occupants escaped the scene.
- Agents of the Nuevo Leon Agencia Estatal de Investigaciones (AEI) arrested three members of a criminal group in Monterrey responsible for 28 different robberies. Reports say the suspects concentrated on 7-11 convenience stores in the municipalities of San Pedro, Santa Catarina and Mithras. The suspects were allegedly after cigarettes.
- Two municipal police officers were found dead Wednesday morning just two days after they were reported kidnapped in General Teran. Navarro David Serna 35, and Bernardino Rodriguez Franco, 58, were found on Kilometer 12 of the Montemorelos-General Terän road. Both men were beheaded and their corpses mutilated. A third unidentified man was also found at the scene.
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