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| Mexican Federal Agents Attacked in Monterrey |
| 2010-06-12 |
| Bablefish and hat tip to Nota Roja for additional information Armed suspects aboard four vehicles shot up the front of a hotel and threw a hand grenade in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, where Mexican Federal agents were staying, according to Mexican news reports. The suspects attacked about two hours before dawn the Plaza del Arco hotel near the intersection of Avenida Francisco Madero between calles Juan Méndez and Jiménez in the metropolitan zone of the city. No one was injured in the shooting and the hand grenade did not detonate. Mexican Federal and military forces are deployed to Monterrey after a massive disruption campaign by the criminal gang Los Zetas tied up rush hour traffic in 41 separate instances Wednesday. The campaign was intended to slow or stop Mexican national police forces from operations in the city. The campaign was an apparent reaction to the capture of Los Zetas leader Raul Luna Luna by Mexican Federal and military forces Wednesday morning. Luna Luna was known as the Monterrey "garrison commander" for Los Zetas. |
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