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Elements of the Mexican Army killed one unidentified armed suspect and seized a quantity of contraband including fuel, cars and weapons in two separate operations, according to Mexican news reports.
In Benito Juarez, Nuevo Leon early Thursday morning a Mexican army patrol was fired on after attempting to stop a convoy of suspicious vehicles. Returning fire, soldiers killed the driver of a pickup truck as the rest of the convoy managed to flee the scene.
The three other occupants of the truck were placed under arrest, including a Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon police agent. The officer was later released.
Soldiers seized four kilograms of marijuana aboard one of two vehicles which had subsequently arrived on the scene.
The area around Benito Juarz, which is about 20 kilometers east of Monterrey, was the focus of national attention with the discovery of a mass grave containing 51 victims last month.
Also, Cadereyta, just east of Benito Juarez, had been the focus of several firefights between the Mexican Army and criminal gangs the last of which took place the day before with the toll of one dead armed suspect.
Meanwhile, in Sinaloa, elements of the Mexican 42nd Infantry Battalion in Operativo Conjunto Culiacan-Navolato seized three safe houses, five stolen vehicles and munitions and materiel in the town of Campo Thursday.
Three unidentified suspects were arrested in the operation.
Vehicles seized include eight pickup trucks, four of them stolen, plus a sedan, also stolen.
Weapons and munitions seized include 11 rifles, four 40mm grenades, two 40mm grenade launcher attachments, 58 magazines and 1,951 cartridges.
Other materiel seized include two cell phones, six tactical radios, eight vests, two pixelated American uniforms, six black caps five with the national emblem and a badge of the FBI.