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Seven individuals were killed including two Nuevo Leon state highway patrol police officers in armed confrontaions in Nuevo Leon.
- Four armed suspects died in two separate gunfights against detachment of the Mexican Army Wednesday. Both battles took place in Cadereyta, a known hot spot for armed confrontations in Nuevo Leon.
- A Mexican Army patrol was attacked by armed suspects near the rancho La Leona. Army return gunfire killed one suspect. An unreleased number of hostages were released. Soldiers seized three rifles, three vehicles, weapons magazines and ammunition.
- Three armed suspects were killed in a gunfight with a detachment of the Mexican Army in the ejido El Palmito. Soldiers seized three rifles, a vehicle as well as weapons magazines and ammunition. Two male hostages were rescued, also.
- Two Mexican highway patrol police officers were shot to death in Lampazos Wedensday. The officers were aboard their official patrol vehicle on the road in the Lampazos municipality (county) leading to Anahuac. The officers were identified as Fidel Arevalo Gaona and Miguel Ruiz Arriaga.
- A Mexican Amrine unit arrested three individuals and seized a number of weapons and a quantity of drugs in Apodaca, Nuevo Leon. The unit was dispatched from a citizen's complaint about kidnappers operating in the area to the Balcones del Mezquital colony where they placed Juan Antonio Pérez Esquivel, 23, Alfonso Daniel Castillo Torres, 25, and a third unidentified minor under arrest. Marines also seized one rifle, two submachine guns, 26 rounds of ammunition, three weapons magazines, and 32 bundles of marijuana.
- An unidentified man was shot more than 20 times in Monterrey Wednesday night. The victim was shot near the intersection of calles Independencia and Peral in the Moderna colony. The victim had been pursued for several blocks before he was gunned down. More than 20 AR-15 assault rifle and 9mm spent casings were found at the scene.
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