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Four individuals were killed and one was wounded in numerous attacks and shootings in and around Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.
- A police station in Guadalupe, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon was attacked by armed suspect Wednesday. The station, located near the intersection of avenidas Lopez Mateos and Dos de Abril between the Rio and Las Quintas colonies, and near an open market was damaged by small arms fire and grenade shrapnel. Six police vehicles were destroyed in the attack.
- A Nuevo Leon state police facility and a police checkpioint in Monterrey were attacked Wedensday night by armed suspects.
- The Secretaria de Seguridad Publica del Estado (SSPE) building in the Independencia colony was attacked by armed suspects using small arms fire. No on was hurt in the attack, and damage as limited to the building and three police patrol vehicles.
- A police checkpoint near the intersection of Calle Aron Saenz and Avenida Garza Sada in the Mederos colony was attacked by armed suspects aboard a Dodge Stratus sedan using rifle fire and a hand grenade. One unidentified civilian was hurt in the attack.
Armed suspects attacked a police patrol unit in eastern Montemorelos Wednesday night. The attack took place as two police offers were guarding an area known as La Curva near the exit to General Teran, Nuevo Leon. The suspects fired on the police without hitting anything then fled the area.
One armed suspect was killed and another was detained in a gunfight and pursuit near Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon late Wednesday night. A Mexican Army detachment was on patrol on the Allende-Cadereyta road about a kilometer north of Atongo when they encountered a convoy of about 10 vehicles, mostly SUVs. Suspects aboard the vehicles opened fired on the army unit initiating a pursuit and return fire. The driver of a Nissan Sentra, part of the convoy, was killed by army return fire and crashed his vehicle into an orange grove. Two other suspects bailed out and disappeared, escaping detention. Inside the vehicle soldiers found one rifle and one pistol. The remaining elements of the suspect convoy escaped.
At least one unidentified man was found dismembered and inside three plastic trash bags in the town square of Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon Thursday morning near the corner of calles Cuauhtemoc and Colon. Earlier the day before three police officers in Allende were abducted at gunpoint, so it was speculated whether the remains found in Montemorelos may be at least one of the officers. A message was left with the remains but its contents were not reported.
Two youths were shot to death in San Nichlas de las Garza, Nuevo Leon early Thursday morning. The shooting took place near the intersection of calles Galeana and Rio Tacachi in the Vicente Guerrero colony. The dead were identified as Jonathan Alejandro Carrera Palomo, 16, and Deborah Denisse Zuniga. Reports suggest the shooters were affiliated with criminal gangs that operate in the area. The victims were near a nearby convenience store when a vehicle with armed suspects drove by and shot them. |
