Google Translate from El Diario of JuarezA shootout between Mexican Federal (PF) agents and armed suspects last night ended with a toll of three federal agents wounded and two armed suspects wounded and arrested, according to the Mexican daily El Diario.
The shootout began at 1855 hrs on Calle Juvenal Aragon between offices of El Diario and the Holiday Inn where Mexican Federal forces were quartered, when plainclothes agents with the intelligence section of the PF noticed a Jeep Cherokee parked nearby monitoring the location of the federal agents.
Apparently seconds after the discovery, the occupants of the Jeep began to leave the area followed by the three unmarked sedans with the plainclothes PF agents aboard. The shooting between the agents and the suspects started on Avenida Abraham Lincoln and continued on Anillo Envolvente del Pronaf.
When the suspects reached Calle Aragon Juvenal they attempted to reverse on Avenida Paseo Triunfo de la Republic, the location of the agents' quarters.
In the meantime, agents at the hotel, alerted to the pursuit, deployed and started to shoot at the Jeep as soon as it appeared. Tires damaged from the shooting, the Jeep crashed against the curb in front of the hotel and stopped.
As agents on the ground attempted to close and surround the suspects, shooting started between the PF intel unit following on, but the plainclothes officers dropped their weapons shouting identification.
A minor scuffle occurred between federal agents and photographers with El Diario after federal agents seized cameras.
Federal forces in the area have redeployed their forces to deal with possible further involvement of criminal gangs to include snipers.