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Mayhem in Monterrey: 8 die
2011-03-01
Posted by: badanov

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Eight individuals were killed in several separate incidents in and around Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Sunday and Monday, according to Mexican press accounts. The dead include two Allende municipal police officers shot to death while providing security for a birthday party.

• One youth was killed and three others were wounded in a shooting in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon, Sunday night. Reports say armed suspects aboard three vehicles rolled up at a location next to the park near the intersection of calles Barbadillo and Galeana in the Polanco colony at about 2000 hrs and started firing on the four young men. Arturo Gonzalez, 17, was pronounced on arrival at a local clinic, while Jorge Alejandro Delgado Gonzalez, 14, Diego Armando Rodriguez Reyna, 16 and Jesus Eliseo Campos Napoles, 16, were identified as the wounded.
• Three unidentified armed suspects were killed in a firefight with a detachment of the Mexican Army in Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon Sunday night. The army unit encountered a Dodge Avenger sedan with several armed men aboard near the corner of avenidas Central and Perimetral Norte and initiated a chase. The suspects fired on the army unit. The driver of the sedan crashed his vehicle near the intersection of calles Villa Olimpica and Villa San Marino in the Villas del Mirado colony. One suspect was killed by army gunfire as he abandoned the car to seek refuge, while an unknown number of others escaped. Two other suspects were found dead in the vehicle. Some nearby residences were damaged by rifle fire. Five rifles, one handgun, one grenade, magazines and ammunition were found at the scene of the crash.
• Two Allende municipal police officers were shot to death in Allende late Saturday night. Jose Luis Marroquin Rodriguez, 56, and Javier Ortiz Barajas, 35, were shot by armed suspects who were aboard two vehicles at the Nevaria Villalon Social Center near the intersection of calles Altamirano and Carranza. The officers were apparently providing security for a quinceaños party when they were shot.
• An unidentified armed suspect was killed and two others were arrested in a gunfight against a Mexican Army unit in Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon Sunday. Reports say the suspects were aboard a vehicle with state police markings when they were signalled to stop. The ensuing chase included an exchange of gunfire.
• One unidentified man was shot to death in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon Monday evening. The victim was aboard his Dodge Ram pickup truck when he was intercepted by armed suspects near the intersection of avenidas Ruiz Cortines and Gran Bretaña in the Pedregal de Lindavista colony, where he was shot. Reports say the suspects then drove the truck to a location near the corner of calles Rincon de Guadalupe between Rincon de la Niebla and Rincon del Tepeyac and set the vehicle afire. When firefighters arrived and doused the flames, they discovered the victim inside.