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Mayhem in Monterrey: 1 Die, 7 wounded in Shootings
2011-01-17
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Several small arms attacks took place over the weekend in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon which wounded a total of seven individuals including three Nuevo Leon state police agents, according to reports by the Mexican daily Milenio.

• A Mexican Army detachment of about 100 effectives shut down a portion of northern Monterrey Friday night after the unit was dispatched to investigate reports of armed suspects in the area. Soldiers searched the 25 Inn on calle Ciudad Victoria and a location on the intersection of calles Fidel Velazquez and Ciudad Victoria in the San Jorge colony. The unit reported finding no weapons or suspects, and later withdrew from the area.
• A Nuevo Leon state police facility was attacked with hand grenades Saturday night. Reports say armed suspects aboard two pickup trucks stopped in from of the Agencia Estatal de Investigaciones (AEI) facility on calle Comonfort in the El Cercado zone. One grenade detonated at the fr ont entrance breaking glass in the front of the building and on an official vehicle. The second grenade detonated nearby damaging a power pole and wounding a state police agent in his office. The suspects then fled on calle Cola de Caballo towards the Nacional highway.
• Armed suspects stormed two celebrations in Guadalupe Saturday night kidnapping one male victim and wounding a man. The attack took place at the Palacio Real social center on avenida Paseo de las Américas in the Contrycond colony. The abduction victim was identified as Rogelio Loredo Guzman, 24, while the shooting victim was identified as Eduardo Vargas.
• Armed suspects attacked a Nuevo Leon state attorney general's (PGJE) office in China Saturday night wounding two civilians. Reports say a firefight erupted between Mexican security forces and an armed group that lasted about 30 minutes before the suspects withdrew from the area. An army unit stood sentry at a local hospital near the intersection of calles Padre Mier and Simon Bolivar through the night. Reports are that numerous spent shell casings were found throughout the area, and the facades of 12 businesses were damaged in the fighting. Reports also suggest a number of munitions in addition to eight vehicles were seized as well.
• Two unidentified Nuevo Leon state police agents were wounded in an apparent ambush in Monterrey Sunday afternoon. The agents of the Seguridad Publica del Estado (SPE) were on a routine patrol crossing avenidas Terranova and Gonzalitos when armed suspects riding aboard a Chevrolet Suburban fired on them.
• A Mexican Army detachment fired on a truck carrying suspects killing one and wounding three others. Reports are soldiers were fired on first by the occupants of a Ford Explorer SUV and returned fire. The shooting took place near the intersection of Avenida Julio A. Roca and Calle Muserola in the CROC colony.