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Seven armed suspects were killed in two gunfights Wednesday,according to Mexican press accounts.
- An unidentified armed suspect was killed by a detachment of the Mexican 7th Military Zone in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Wednesday. The unit was dispatched to the intersection of avenidas Venustiano Carranza and Luis Mora after receiving reports of armed suspects in the area. Three armed suspects aboard a vehicle attempted to elude capture. The vehicle was apparently stopped, and one of the suspects dismounted and started firing a weapon at the soldiers, who fired back.
- Six unidentified armed suspects were killed by elements of a Mexican Army unit in Apodaca, Neuvo Leon Wednesday. The army unit was on patrol on the highway Dulces Nombres in the San Miguel Fuentes colony when they spotted a Nissan Armada SUV and signalled it to stop. Instead armed suspects aboard fired on the unit and then fled initiating a pursuit. The chase ended when the driver crashed the SUV into a tree. Soldiers then fired on the occupants killing all six. Four members of a family travelling aboard a minivan were hurt when they crashed into another vehicle during the shootout. Five rifles, a handgun, 29 magazines and 411 rounds of ammunition were seized following the shootout.
- A police station in Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon was attacked Wednesday night by armed suspects using a hand grenade. The attack took place in the Zona Huasteca where armed suspects aboard a Chevrolet Suburban tossed a hand grenade at officers, but which did not detonate.
- Two Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon police officers were wounded in a shooting Thursday evening. The officers were responding to a stolen vehicle and crash call at a 7-11 Convenience store near the intersection of the Reynosa highway and Calle Federalismo in the Cerro Azul colony when they were fired on by armed suspects who were aboard a pickup truck. The officers ducked into a nearby police substation and returned fire. Severn 9mm and .223 caliber spent casings were found at the scene.
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