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Tamaulipas: 8 Bad Guys, Three Soldiers Die
2010-06-20
Posted by: badanov

Babelfish. These events happened today, so we have very few details on what took place so far.

Elements of the Mexican Army confronted armed suspects in two areas in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas concluding with a death toll of eight suspected criminals and three soldiers, say Mexican news reports.

The initial encounter took place near the Marte R. Gómez reservoir across the Rio Bravo near the border with Texas in the municipality (county) of Miguel Aleman.

A second battle took place in the Fresnos district of Reynosa where no one was hurt and Mexican military forces seized two rifles, a pistol, several weapon magazines and ammunition cartridges, an armored vehicle as well as other materiel.