Google Translate. For a map, click here.A combined police group in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon encountered armed suspects in a convoy in a gun battle, killing two, say Mexican news reports.
The gunfight, which took place just two hours after a series of coordinated grenades attack on police facilities at about 2125 in the Bellavista district.
A patrol of the Monterrey Bases de Operaciones Mixtas (BOM) encountered a two truck convoy at the intersection of avenidas Adolfo Ruiz Cortines and Bernardo Reyes carrying armed suspects.
A chase began when the suspects fired on the police group and fled.
The pursuit ended at the corner of calles Luis Mora and Miguel Nieto in the Industrial district when one of the trucks, a Jeep Liberty stolen out of Vallecillo, Nuevo Leon, hit a wall. The other vehicle escaped.
Inside the crashed were two unidentified suspects dead, apparently hit by gunfire.
BOMs are a grouping of federal, state and local police agents combined to deal with roadblocks in Monterrey as well as major crimes in the area.