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A total of 13 armed suspects were killed in three separate gun battles with Mexican security forces in the Mexican states of Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas.
- A total of five armed suspects were killed in a confrontation with a detachment of the Mexican Army in Juarez, Nuevo Leon Sunday night.
The army unit was on patrol in the Paseo Santa Fe colony when they spotted armed suspects aboard a convoy of several luxury SUVs, who promptly opened fire on the military unit intiating a brief firefight.
The driver of a Honda SUV attempted to block the army vehicles as the others escaped the area. A brief pursuit ended when the driver crashed the vehicle into a retaining wall on Calle Paseo Santa Fe. The vehicle burst into flames. Four suspects were immolated while a fifth was shot to death as he attempted to escape.
- Three armed suspects were killed in a firefight in Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon against a unit of the Meixcan Policia Federal Saturday night.
The patrol enteered Cadereyta at about 1900 hrs on a call about narcotics sales near a convenience store near the intersection of calles Hidalgo and Cuauhtemocin near the Zona Centro. Armed suspects apparently opened fire on the police unit sparking the gunfight.
- A detachment of the Mexican 8th Military Zone killed five armed suspects and arrested four others in a firefight in Diaz Ordaz, Tamaulipas Thursday.
The unit was on patrol on a dirt road near Diaz Ordaz when they were fired on by an unknown number of armed suspects. Army return fire killed five suspects.
In the aftermath the army unit seized 27 rifles, 94 weapons magazines, 4,052 rounds of ammunition, two hand grenades and six vehicles.
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