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Mayhem in Nuevo Leon: 3 die, 2 wounded
2010-12-15
Posted by: badanov

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Five individuals were killed and several were wounded including two police officers in three separate shootings in towns in and near Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Wednesday night, according to Mexican news accounts.

Two police officers were shot and wounded in an attack in Allende, Nuevo Leon by armed suspects. Victor and Erica Ledesma Ruiz were heading back into town aboard their official vehicle when they were attacked. Both siblings are expected to survive the shooting.

Between the municipality limits of Apodaca and Guadalupe in the Valle Soleado colony in Monterrey, three unidentified individuals were shot to death and two more were wounded aboard their Dodge Stratus.

It is not yet determined whether the victims were gang affiliated or civilians.

Two unidentified individuals were shot to death and two others were wounded in a shooting in the Santa Anita colony south of Monterrey.

The victims were confirmed to be gang affiliated.