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| 10 die in Saltillo fighting |
| 2011-12-17 |
| For a map, click here. For a map of Coahuila state, click here A total of ten armed suspects were killed in two separate firefights with Mexican Army troops Thursday afternoon and Thursday night in Saltillo, Coahuila, according to Mexican news accounts. An army patrol was fired on by an unknown number of armed suspects on Bulevar Francisco Coss in La Palma colony at about 1415 hrs. One suspect was killed by army return fire. Implicit in the reports are the probability that several armed suspects abandoned two vehicles. Soldiers seized four rifles in the aftermath. Later that night a Mexican Army patrol encountered a stolen vehicle near the intersection of calles Alvaro Obregon and Emiliano Zapata, also in La Palma colony. Armed suspects in the area opened fired on the army unit. Return fire killed eight suspects. One Mexican soldier was killed in the encounter, while another soldier was wounded. Following the encounter soldiers seized five vehicles, eight rifles and an undisclosed quantity of ammunition. A number of encounters with elements of the Mexican Army have taken place in recent days. Four armed suspects were killed in a firefight in the border town of Piedras Negras, Coahuila three days ago. To read the Rantburg report on the encounter at Piedras Negras, click here A week ago six armed suspects were killed in Saltillo. To read the Rantburg report on last week's gunfights in Saltillo, click here Saltillo is the location for the headquarters of the Mexican 6th Military Zone and is also the capital of Coahuila state. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 Precocious kids, Ulose Munster2089. Good find. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-12-17 11:36 |
| #1 Her's a new twist: December 16, 2011: Five bodies were found in Guadalajara (Jalisco state), including three high school students who had told police that they were victims of an extortion scheme run by a high school student group. Investigators indicated that the student group was operating as a gang and had been demanding protection money from small businesses operating in or near the high school. Apparently this particular group in Jalisco state began as a radical political organization in the 1960s. The high school gang appears to be imitating cartel gang violence. |
| Posted by: Ulose Munster2089 2011-12-17 09:12 |
