Mayhem in Monterrey; 3 bad guys die
2011-03-02
Posted by: badanov
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- A Nuevo Leon state police building was attacked by armed suspects using two grenades Monday night in Monterrey. An unidentified police agent was wounded in the attack on the the Seguridad Publica del Estado Zona Norte building located near the intersection of calles Apolo and Laud. Reports say two individuals aboard a motorcycle were seen riding around the area just prior to the attack. Physical damage was limited to a nearby Volkswagen Bora sedan and the building itself.
- Two armed suspects were killed by a detachment of the Mexican Army in Juarez, Nuevo Leon early Tuesday morning. The army unit was patrolling the area after being dispatched to investigate reports of armed men in the area when they encountered the suspects. The pair were aboard a stolen Toyota FJ cruiser on the road leading to San Roque, about a kilometer south of Avenida Eloy Cavazos. The suspects fired on the unit and then attempted to flee. Shortly later he vehicle was crashed into the San Benito spa. The suspects then bailed out and were fired on and killed as they attempted to escape. Two AR-15 assault rifles were seized in the aftermath.
- One armed suspect died in a gunfight with Mexican security forces in an area of far northern Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Tuesday. The Base de Operaciones Mixtas (BOM) group, which is a mixed security element comprising Mexican Army and state and federal police encountered four armed suspects who were aboard a GMC pickup truck in the CROC colony.
The suspects opened fired on the security unit and attempted to flee the area. The BOM group elements returned fire and pursued the suspects for about 20 minutes through the streets of the colony. The pursuit ended when the suspects abandoned their truck and fled in different directions. The dead suspect was shot as he attepmted to hide inside a residence near the intersection of calle Mexico and Martin Torres. The other three are said to have escaped into the mountains.
- Presumed elements of organized crime initiated five roadblocks in San Nicholas de los Garza, Apodaca and Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon early Tuesday morning. The first roadblocks took place as armed suspects carjacked heavy vehicles near the intersection of avenidas Ruiz Cortines and Churubusco in San Nicholas. Two more were made in Apodaca on avenida Acapulco,and calle Isidoro Sepulveda. Two more were made at two points on Avenida Juarez in Guadalupe. Organized crime uses roadblocks to impede movement of security forces or as a response to reverses in confrontations with security forces. Armed suspects typically carjack heavy vehicles, moved them to block roads and then disable them, and then flee.