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| Bad Guys Tie Up Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Traffic |
| 2010-06-10 |
| Babelfish, etc... Criminal elements sympathetic to the drug gang Los Zetas tied up traffic with physical blocks of traffic and shootings in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Tuesday, according to the Mexican daily El Porvenir. No one was reported hurt in any of the shootings. National reports were that Zetas gang leader Raúl Luna Luna was arrested by elements of the Mexican Army Tuesday. By 1600 hrs in Monterrey, some crews had instituted 13 simultaneous traffic blocks during the city's rush hour. Reports were that gang members had fired firearms, although in published reports it is unclear if they were targeting anyone. Streets blocked were: Gonzalitos, Ruiz Cortines, Lincoln, Avenida Miguel Aleman, Bernardo Reyes, Fidel Velazquez, Barragan, and Universidad, including the highway to Reynosa. The tactic of blocking busy city roads is nothing new for Los Zetas. It is a tactic they have used before to stop or slow down security forces operations including the Mexican Army in Monterrey. |
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