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Updated with information about the prison break at the Escobedo CERESO
Elements of the Mexican Army and Mexican Marines arrested 28 individuals in three separate counternarcotics operations in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Wednesday night through Thursday morning, meanwhile criminal gangs put up several roadblocks Thursday morning to cover a prison break, according to Mexican published reports.
The prison break took place at the Escobedo Centro de Readaptacion Social (CERESO) in Monterrey at about 0900 hrs Thursday morning when a single armed suspect escorted five young prisoners from the facility sparking a police mobilization. All five offenders were in prison for murder.
Following the prison break, Mexican gangs initiated a number of roadblocks in the city. Some of the roadblocks were put up included roadblocks at Avenidas Lopez Mateos and Conductores, which is a few meters from the Monterrey Metropolitan Hospital, Avenida Los Angeles, and Miguel Alemän road near Parque Industrial Estiva.
Gangs usually hijack large industrial vehicles such as buses and heavy trucks, park them in critical zones and then disable and deny access to the vehicles.
In Mitras Centro district of Monterrey, elements of the Mexican Army encountered suspects in a Chevrolet pickup truck and then placed the pair under arrest.
Soldiers seized a number of contraband including 4,150 doses of crack cocaine, 200 doses of cocaine powder and four .45 caliber pistols, Super .38 caliber, .380 caliber, 7.65mm, .40 caliber and .45 caliber cartridges, six magazines for AR-15 assault rifles, 18 radios and $430,000 pesos ($32,880.15 USD) in cash.
In Apodaca in Monterrey, about 50 Mexican Marines fought a brief gun battle with armed suspects near the intersection of calles Ojo de Agua and Prolongacion Reforma near the Parque Fundadore which ended with the arrest of 16 suspects including three women.
Seized in that bust were five rifles, one handgun, one hand grenade, 79 magazines for various weapons, 143 weapons cartridges, one helmet, one ballistic vest, and three vehicles, one of which was armored.
Lastly, the Mexican Army arrested six suspects at a safe house in Garcia in Monterrey Thursday.
Blocked roads have apparently been cleared at the moment.
Wednesday night, elements of the Mexican 7th Military Zone while conducting recon in the Zapata district of Monterrey encountered an armed group near the intersection of calles Ejercito Constitucionalista and Plan de Guadalupe, killing one, arresting two and seizing a number of contraband including six rifles and munitions.