Google Translate For additional information on last week's firefight in Estanzuela colony see here.A detachment of local state and Federal police forces returned to an area in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, reports say criminal gangs used to observe police movement in the area, leaving at least one armed suspect presumably wounded.
A Grupo de Reaccion detachment was sent to Cerro de la Silla in Estanzuela colony Thursday morning after authorities received reports of armed suspects in the area.
Cerro de la Silla is a mountain adjacent to the Monterrey suburb of Guadalupe with an unobstructed view of much of the road system in Monterrey.
Last Thursday a police force assaulted the position killing one armed suspect and forcing several others to flee. Officers found a makeshift tin and wood shelter used by a criminal group to support observation
When the police detachment arrived in the area, they were fired on with small arms fire from the mountain, which the officers promptly returned.
Officers then spread out to search the area pursuing their attacker across roads and gaps, but they were unable to kill or capture the shooter.
Officers did find evidence the shooter had been hit at least twice in the leg, however, the shooter fled the area. Officers found about ten spent rifle shell casings and bloody discarded clothing.
Although state police helicopters aided in the search, after two hours the effort was abandoned.
Police expect to return to the area at some point in the near future. Reports are the area and the adjacent Fomerrey 45 colony is known for gang safe houses.
Grupos de Reaccion are a mixture of local, state and federal police forces combined to deal with armed criminal activity in Monterrey in rapid and proactive ways.