Google Translate. For a map, click here.Five armed suspects died in an armed confonntation with elements of the Mexican Army in a small town just west of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon and seven individuals and a number of munitions were seized in a raid in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas Thursday, say Mexican news reports.
A Mexican Army detachment patrolling the highway from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon to Reynosa, Tamaulipas were fired on by several armed suspects riding in a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck. The firefight took place in Juarez, Nuevo Leon in the Villas de San Juan district on calle Magnolia.
Witnesses in the area say the battle last about 30 minutes. Five suspects died in the encounter and while homes nearby were damaged by gunfire, no one was reported hurt.
Reports are two Juarez police officers were detained by soldiers for their suspected involvement in helping criminal elements.
Meanwhile, in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, a military raid by a detachment of the Mexican 8th Military Zone on a location near the intersection of calles Francisco Villa and Avenida Zeferino Morales in the Americo Villarreal Guerra district yielded seven arrested.
The army also seized 30 rifles, 254 magazines, 6,485 weapons cartridges and 16 40mm grenades. Also seized was a fragmentary grenade, two vehicles, two tactical vests and two bulletproof vests.