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Units of the Mexican Army fought gun battles with armed suspects in Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon starting last Thursday, killing six armed suspects, while losing one soldier, according to Mexican news reports.
- Armed suspects in Miguel Aleman, Tamaulipas Thursday attacked several businesses in the area using small arms and probably 40mm grenades. Damage was limited to a Ford and Nissan dealerships, a gas station and an exotic dancers club. No was reported hurt in the incident.
Reports say the shooting lasted for three hours and was constricted to the Riberena area, including Avenidas Los Guerra and the road to Ciudad Mier where they crossed calles José Barrera Gonzalez and Jimenez in the Benito Ju�rez colony.
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A few hours later a Mexican Army unit entered the area after being alerted to the attack through Twitter.
The unit came under small arms fire from armed suspects travelling aboard four pickup trucks. Responding to army counterfire, the suspect group split in two with one element exiting towards Ciudad Mier.
A total of 11 suspects were detained by the army including one wounded man and a female. A number of munitions were seized as well.
Seized were 20 rifles, two handguns, four 40mm grenades, 307 weapons magazines, 7.693 rounds of ammunition, tactical equipment, communication equipment and four vehicles.
Tamaulipas government officials have been using social internet media such as Twitter and Facebook to update citizens on events in their area. Officials in Reynosa and Matamoros have made especially effective use of social media to ward citizens away from areas known to be fire zones.
| That's actually quite clever. I'd wondered why more civilians weren't being caught in the crossfire. |
It is unclear by Mexican press accounts whether the Secretaria de Defensa Nacional (SEDENA) actually monitored social media and then dispatched forces to the area, or if they were alerted by a third party.
Military monitoring of domestic websites, specifically forbidden by Mexican law, is an issue said to be under consideration in upcoming changes to Mexican national security policy.
- A Mexican Army unit rescued two unidentified individuals and seized a number of munitions Friday near General Bravo, Nuevo Leon. The two people rescued had been in captivity since April 9th when they were travelling to Mexico City from Matamoros, Tamaulipas.
One armed suspect was wounded in the rescue.
The encounter took place a ranch near General Bravo which is astride the Monterrey, Nuevo Leon-Reynosa, Tamaulipas highway at about Kilomter 119.
Seized were five rifles, 109 weapons magazines, 3,050 rounds of ammunition, two vehicles and four cell phones.
- Six armed suspects were killed and a number of munitions were seized in a firefight between the suspects and a detachment of the Mexican Army Friday in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.
Reports say the unit was on patrol on Bulevar Canseco in the Reservas Territorial colony when they were fired on by armed suspects, who were travelling through the area aboard five vehicles.
Six suspects died when soldiers returned fire.
Seized in the aftermath were four rifles, 92 magazines, 2,500 rounds of ammunition and a stolen vehicle.
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