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Four members of the criminal gang Los Zetas were killed Thursday in a confrontation with Mexican Marines, say Mexican press reports. The encounter took place in the San Fernando municipality (county) about 80 kilometers south of Reynosa, Tamaulipas at about 1800 hrs.
SecretarÃÂa de Marina-Armada de Mexico (SEMAR) said a patrol in the area was fired upon by gang members with small arms. When the Marines returned fire, four members of Los Zetas were dead. SEMAR reported no casualties.
Following the firefight, Mexican Marines reporting seizing a number of munitions, including six AR-15 assault rifles, an AK-47 assault rifle, two handguns, two .22 repeating rifles, three fragmentary hand grenades, more than 2,600 cartridges, and an RPG-7 rocket launcher.
Related materiel seized included ten bulletproof vests, 500 grams of cocaine, communications equipment, three trucks and more than $1,223.00 pesos ($95.16 USD) in cash.