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Mayhem in Monterrey: 6 Die
2011-01-20
Posted by: badanov

Assaults on Mexican security forces in Monterrey continued into its second week including two Guadalupe auxiliary police oficers killed in an ambush Wednesday morning.

• A Mexican Army unit arrested an alleged kidnapper and released a kidnap victim held in San Nicholas de la Garza last Monday evening. The operation which included security forces from both Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon, took place in the Constituyentes de Queretaro colony. Soldiers also secured three rifles, a handgun, 26 magazines, ammunition, and a vehicle.
• A homemade explosive device placed aboard a vehicle detonated Monday night in San Nicholas de la Garza. No one was wounded in the explosion and no damage was reported. The Volkswagen Jetta was parked outside the facilities of the Centro de Desarrollo and Comunicacion (CEDECO) when it exploded at about 2100 hrs. Individuals in the CEDECO building were evacuated temporarily as police used dogs to search the area for other explosive devices.
• A car bomb detonated at a police facility in Linares municipality Wednesday wounding one police officer. The Nissan Sentra used in the attack was lightly damaged in the attack, and like the bomb in San Nicholas, the vehicle was not damaged by fire. At first Nuevo Leon police officials dismissed the possibility that either bombing was a car bomb, however, later investigations suggested otherwise. Although officials did not release information on the explosive used, fireworks or hand grenades are suggested as the most likely explosive used.
• A police substation in Florida colony was attacked with small arms fire Tuesday night wounding one unidentified police officer. Armed suspects aboard a Nissan Murano drove up to the station and crashed into a police vehicle, firing into and damaging it. The suspects then fired on officers, wounding one, before fleeing he scene.
• Two Guadalupe auxiliary police officers were shot to death in an ambush Wednesday morning. Andres Felipe Mejia Quintanar, 55, and Maria del Carmen Soto Garcia, 32 were assaulted by armed suspects aboard a Chevrolet Avalanche and another SUV near the intersection of avenidas Benito Juarez and Segunda. Both officers died at the scene. Reports suggest assault rifles were used in the attack.
• Four suspected criminal gang members died in a pursuit and firefight with a Mexican Army unit Wednesday in Guadalupe. The military detachment was sent to the Villa Alegre colony to investigate reports of armed suspects in the area. The subsequent chase went through Vaquerias colony and ended in Xochimilco colony. Following the shootout, soldiers found two dead suspects aboard a Jeep SUV and two more aboard another vehicle.
• A Nuevo Leon Procuraduria de Justicia del Estado (PGJE) team is investigating a wine cellar in General Bravo they say may have been used to dispose of dead bodies. Reports suggest no specific body parts have been found, but tissue and blood has been found at the scene.