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Elements of the Mexican Army in northern Mexican states killed a total of six armed suspects in two firefights and arrested seven alleged members of a kidnapping ring, say Mexican press accounts.
On Monday in Durango between Villa Reunion and Vicente Guerrero, a Mexican Army patrol encountered a convoy and returned fire against armed suspects riding in a four vehicle convoy, killing four suspects.
The army patrol seized a Nissan pickup truck, a GMC Sierra pickup truck a van and a tractor. Three firearms and an undisclosed amount of cocaine were also seized.
In Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon, a couple residing in a house on calle Rio Tamazunchale in the Dos Rios district fired on a Mexican Army detachment after the unit was dispatched to the area by an anonymous caller claiming armed suspects in the area.
The army returned fire killing the two suspects, an unidentified man and a woman.
Soldiers seized two AK-47 assault rifles, magazines and a Toyota Rav4 and an XTrail SUV.
In Mexicali, Baja California, a detachment of the Mexican 79 Infantry Battalion raided a safe house on Avenida Real in the Santa Paula district rescuing three unidentified hostages and arresting seven alleged members of a kidnapping ring.
The three victims were abducted October 13th.
Arrested were Julio Cesar Villegas Suarez, 36 years , Mauricio Orosabe Peralta, 35, Hector Padilla Bolaños, 23, Efrain Fonseca Salcedo, 23, Jose Antonio Cabrera Silos, 22, Jose Martin Rodriguez Melendez , 18, and José Luis Garcia Garcia, 18.
Weapons seized included three AK-47 assault rifles, one 9mm rifle, and one .40 caliber handgun.
Munitions seized include two hand grenades, two 7.62x39mm magazines, one .40 magazine, one 9mm magazine, 81 7.62x39mm cartridges, nine .40 caliber cartridges and eight 9mm cartridges.
Contraband seized include 700 grams of marijuana and a van.