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Four firefights between armed groups and Mexican security forces in Saltillo, Coahuila took place late Friday night and early Saturday morning leaving a toll of three civilians dead from apparent crossfire.
An initial exchange of gunfire took place near midnight when reports of armed suspects brought police patrols to the corner of Boulevard Venustiano Carranza and Calle Humberto Hinojosa, where suspects fired on police forces, then fled he scene.
A few minutes later armed suspects aboard a Chevrolet Avalanche near the intersection of calles Allende and Crown fired on elements of the Coahuila state police then fled on Bulevar Francisco Coss firing weapons into the air attempting to clear their path of civilians in the area.
A third firefight took place near the corner of Bulevar Venustiano Carranza and Calle Chihuahua, this time between armed groups with no Mexican security forces involved.
No one was apparently hurt in any of the gunfire in the first three gunfights.
However, the fourth firefight that took place at around 0200 hrs near the intersection of avenida Antonio Cardenas and vialidad Gustavo Espinoza Mireles, left three civilians dead: Ricardo Siller Galindo, 14, Alejandra Karen Siller Galindo, 18, and Maria Angelica Sanchez Galindo, 47.
The firefight this time was between armed suspects traveling south on Antonio Cardenas in a two vehicle convoy, and elements of the Coahuila state police and a detachment of the Mexican Army
The trio died as a result of crossfire between the armed suspects and Mexican security forces.
The latest news on the Saturday morning shooting are that the bullets which struck and killed the three victims belonged to police elements, not the Mexican Army nor criminal groups. An investigation by the Coahuila Fiscalia General del Estado of the 16 Mexican Federal agents and 50 Coahuila state police agents involved in the firefight has been opened as of last Sunday.
Saltillo is the capital of the Mexican state of Coahuila.