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A total of four municipal police officers were shot in two separate shootouts in the cities of Torreon, Coahuila and in Gomez Palacio, Durango, say Mexican press accounts.
At 1900 hrs Tuesday evening a police patrol was shot at by armed suspects riding in a seven vehicle convoy in a western sector of Torreon known as Sector Alianza. Two agents were hit in the ambush near the corner of Calle Cepeda and Avenidas Morelos, and the official vehicle they were riding in was damaged. .45 caliber weapons were reportedly used in the attack.
An ambush in Gomez Palacio, Durango took place late Tuesday night leaving two municipal police officers wounded and a civilian wounded in the crossfire.
The attack took place at 2240 hrs. near the intersection of Bulevar Ejercito Mexicano and Avenida Miguel Lerdo de Tejada where armed suspects riding in a vehicle fired on officers. Several police elements were mobilized to the area but apparently the suspects escaped the area.