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| Federales bag 8 bad guys in Zacatecas |
| 2011-09-09 |
| For a map, click here. A total of as many as eight armed suspects and two Mexican Federal agents were killed in a gun battle in Zacatecas Thursday morning, according to mMexican news accounts. Reports are Mexican Policia Federal (PF) agents raided a safe house in the Villanueva municipality in the early morning hours which sparked the gunfight. El Diario de Coahuila published a report suggesting a prior operation Wednesday in Luis Moya municipality on the southern border with Aguascaliente state may have led PF forces to the safe house. Luis Moya is about 50 kilometers southwest of Villanueva. Two Policia Federal agents were killed in the Villanueva gunfight and another five were wounded and evacuated by helicopter to Zacatecas. An undetermined number of armed suspects were wounded as well and probably escaped capture. Latest reports say roads leading into Villanueva were blocked by Mexican security forces including Zacatecas state police agents. Agents were stopping and searching all vehicles entering and leaving the area. Security forces out of Aguascaliete had also blocked major arteries leading from Zacatecas into Aguascaliete. Attorney General of Zacatecas, Arturo Nahle Garcia, dismissed reports that one of the three PF helicopters used in the operations were fired on and forced down. A subsequent report in El Sol de Zacatecas reported that two Polica Federal agents were kidnapped by armed suspects in Luis Moya Wednesday night during a firefight, and were still missing. It is possible the raid in Villanueva may have been a rescue operation that failed. Reports were that a column of Zacatecas state police agents were spotted heading east out of the capital. |
| Posted by:badanov |
