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Three individuals were killed in two separate early Monday Morning shootouts in Nogales, Sonora, including one police officer, say Mexican news accounts.
The first encounter took place at around 0330 hrs near an abandoned laundry in Nogales, where municipal police officer Betsabe Jesus Damian Pacheco, 32, was shot to death and his partner, Sergio Ernesto Piña Gonzalez, 37, was wounded.
Reports do not make clear the elements in the confrontation, except to note a Ford Crown Victoria and a Jeep Patriot were seized along with an AK-47 assault rifle and a bullet proof vest.
Near the laundry was found another AK-47, a 9mm pistol and several spent shell casings.
The second battle took place at around 1000 hrs where an intergang firefight took place at a residence in the Pima Uno district where one man died and three others were wounded.
Police arriving at the scene placed five individuals under arrest and seized a Dodge Durango SUV and a Chevrolet Tahoe.
Inside the residence the police found the deceased and seized three AK-47 rifles, a .22 caliber rifle, three bulletproof vests and four AK-47 magazines.
Inside the Durango were seized nine AK-47 magazines and two bulletproof vests. A single 9mm bullet was found inside the Tahoe.