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| Mayhem in Matamoros: 3 Die, Mexican Army Rescues 17 |
| 2011-06-19 |
| For a map click here. For a map of Tamaulipas, click here. Three armed suspects were killed by a units of the Mexican Army and Marines. and 17 individuals were rescued in Matamoros, Tamaulipas Thursday, according to Mexican and English language sources. An early news report citing unnamed sources by the US newspaper Brownsville Herald had earlier reported that among the three armed suspects killed, one of them was overall Los Zetas leader Herbierto Lazcano. A subsequent release by the Mexican Army (SEDENA) and by Alejandro Poire, Mexican Secretaria de Seguridad Nacional, said that Lazcano was not killed in the gunfight. According to the offical SEDENA news release, a unit of the Mexican 8th Military Zone encountered armed suspects in the Pedro Moreno colony and returned fire killing two. Initial reports by Milenio and other Mexican news sources said gunfights erupted in five other colonies as well and near the Puente Internacional Tomates international bridge. Reports say a total of nine individuals were wounded in the gunfights. Munitions seized in the aftermath include four rifles, two handguns, 15 weapons magazines, more than one thousand rounds of ammunition and an armored vehicle. |
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