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Note: Parts of this story will be updated throughout the day as SEDENA decides to release the info.
Hat tip to El Blog del Terror for additional information.
As I have mentioned before towns in Tamaulipas such as Matamoros and Reynosa are notoriously restrictive with information about armed confrontations of any kind; the local press just doen't report the news. So, we must rely on alternative media such as blogs for additional information.
A patrol of the Mexican Army encountered a group of armed suspects killing eight this afternoon near General Trevino in Nuevo Leon. Also, a gun battle in Matamoros began with a hand grenade attack on the offices of the Procuraduria General de la Republica (PGR), the Mexican national attorney generals office late Monday night, according to various English and Spanish language reports.
English language reports say residents in Brownsville, Texas, reported hearing gunfire and explosions late Monday night near the exclusive Rio district of Matamoros, just south of the Rio Grande River.
Areas in Matamoros reported to be involved in the fighting include Del Carmen, Jardin, Puente Internacional Gateway, Calle Sexta, Lauro Villar, and Los Tomates or Puente Veteranos.
Unidentified elements of the Mexican government requested the US Border patrol to close two international bridges going into Matamoros for about 20 minutes.
The grenade attack took place when armed suspects riding aboard an SUV ran a military checkpoint near the PGR ofices and then threw the grenade, which then detonated.
No one was reported hurt in the attack and damage to SUVs parked nearby was described as minor.
Reports on the gun battle which followed that night have yet to appear in Spanish language press, and the Mexican government has yet to release any new information about the battle which is said to have been between rival gangs and a detachment of the Mexican Army and lasted about 20 minutes.
No casualty numbers in Monday evening's gunfight have been released thus far. However, a Mexican narcoblog, El Blog del Terror sai as many as 25 individuals have been killed in the fighting
Wednesday, armed suspects riding in a convoy of pickup trucks fought an unidentified detachment of the Mexican Army near General Trevino, Nuevo Leon.
Current reports are eight suspects were killed in the battle.
Although reports do not say which gang was involved in this latest battle, the area is near the site of a major raid by Mexican soldiers near Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas which killed 24 members of the Los Zetas gang two weeks ago.
A video purportedly of the sounds of the fighting Monday night: