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Chihuahua: 2 Wounded in Mexican Federal Agents' Quarters Attack
2010-08-18
Posted by: badanov

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Armed suspects attacked the hotel housing Mexican Federal agents in Juarez, Chihuahua Tuesday evening, say Mexican press reports.

The attack took place at the Holiday Inn on Paseo Triunfo de la Republica at about 1900 hrs.

Local press reports three unidentified agents and two suspects wounded in the attack. Two suspects are also reported under arrest.

Mexican Federal police were recently rotated in after a previous contingent, which had four commanders accused of criminal activity, had been rotated out. The previous unit had undergone several armed attacks in the form of ambushes on patrols in Juarez with several dead and wounded.