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Several shootings including an intergang firefight, and a gun battle between presumed drug gangs and a detachment of the Mexican Army took place since Monday morning, according to Mexican news reports.
- A shootout between armed gangs in southern Monterrey took place Monday afternoon near a technical school that left one unidentified individual hurt. Mexican Federal agents engaged in the pursuit of apparent armed suspects in various areas in Monterrey including in Las Retamas district near Cerro de La Campana on Avenida Luis Elizondo, and near the Tecnológico de Monterrey school. At the intersection of Avenidas Octava and Leopoldo Guzman, agents found a sedan riddled with bullets. Military forces and Mexican federal police forces conducted searches in the area following the gun battle, but reported no results.
- A confrontation between a detachment of the Mexican Army and armed suspects took place Monday morning near the intersection of calles Cacomite and Cenizo de Barrio Mirasol in the Solidaridad district, where two unidentified armed suspects were shot and killed and an American citizen, Mario Alberto Martinez Chapa, 37, was rescued after he was abducted by the armed group. The gun battle began after the army patrol stopped a truck, and the vehicle occupants opened fired, and a hand grenade was detonated against the soldiers. Two soldiers were wounded in the exchange, and two armed suspects died. Inside the truck, soldiers found several weapons, munitions and communications equipment. Another undamaged vehicle was seized by the army as well.
- An unidentified man was shot to death by armed suspects in downtown Monterrey Wednesday evening. The attack took place at about 1900 hrs near the intersection of Avenidas Juarez and Morelos, where a single armed suspect dismounted from an SUV and shot the victim using a rifle. Six others were hit by bullets in the attack.
- Two unidentified men were shot to death in Monterrey Tuesday evening. The victim were shot by armed suspects on Avenida Medero on the Diego de Montemayor district while the victims were riding in a Dodge Durango.
- One unidentified female shopping at a farmers market in Guadalupe, weas shot to death early Tuesday morning. The shooting took place when an armed suspect using an AR-15 assault rifle fired into a crowd of shoppers hitting three people, two women and a man. Reports suggest the victims were not the intended victims, and that an unidentified man was abducted from the scene.