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Nuevo Leon: 5 Cops Shops hit by Grenades, 16 Wounded -- UPDATED
2010-10-31
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UPDATED -- Good guys managed to get at least two shot off against their attackers in Montemorelos.

Armed groups with grenades attacked five police stations in five municipalities (counties) in Nuevo Leon leaving a toll of 16 wounded including two women and a child Saturday night, according to Mexican press accounts.

The attacks all occurred within an hour of each other between 1900 hrs and 2000 hrs.

A police central command facility known as Centro de Coordinación Integral, Control, Comando, Comunicaciones y Computo (C5) south of the capital city Monterrey was hit by a grenade detonation leaving two unidentified employees wounded. The explosion also caused unspecified damage to the building.

About 90 kilometers south of Monterrey in Montemorelos, the police station was hit leaving five police officers wounded, and two women and a child as well as an adult male hurt.

Mid Sunday morning an abandoned Ford Escape SUV was found about a mile away with two bullet holes in it, indicating officers did manage to shoot at their attackers. Later reports also say the attack was made with a launched 40mm grenade.

In the municipality of Allende, about 60 kilometers south of Monterrey, a police station was hit leaving a toll of three police seriously wounded.

In the municipality of Santiago in the Monterrey metropolitan area, a police facility was hit with two officers wounded.

So was the police barracks in Guadalupe municipality, neighboring Santiago where no injures were reported. Some damage to the building was reported.

Mexican security forces in the area around Monterrey are said to be currently on high alert following the attacks.
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