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| 13 Bad Guys Die in 2 Guerrero Firefights |
| 2011-07-26 |
| For a map, click here Nine armed suspects were killed in a firefight with municipal police, while five more were killed Mexican army forces near Iguala, Guerrero late Sunday night, according to Mexican news accounts. Reports say municipal police were patrolling around 1930 hrs in the village of Zacacoyuca in Iguala municipality when they encountered a group of armed suspects travelling aboard three vehicles. Suspects were ordered by police to stop, but instead opened fire on the patrol, then attempted to flee, sparking a pursuit. Police forces returned fire. During the pursuit towards the village of Paitla Zapotal, suspects dumped the bodies of their dead out of their moving vehicles, six dead in all. Apparently the pursuit ended at that point. Subsequent patrols by police forces in the area found a Nissan sedan with two wounded suspects, who subsequently died while on their way to receiving medical attention. Later a Volkswagen sedan was found with one dead suspect. Later that evening at about 2200 hours a Mexican army detachment of the Mexican 35th Military Zone on patrol encountered a convoy of several vehicles in the nearby village of Zacacoyuca. Reports say the suspects aboard opened fired and attempted to flee. The ensuing gunfight and pursuit lasted 40 minutes in which five suspects were killed. Reports suggested the suspects were likely members of the Beltran-Leyva cartel. One unidentified police officer was reported wounded in the earlier pursuit and firefight. |
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