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Mayhem in Monterrey: 13 Die
2011-05-10
Posted by: badanov

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A total of 13 individuals died in drug related violence in and around Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, according to Mexican news accounts.

• A Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon municipal police officer was wounded in a shooting at a sports complex near Guadalupe Sunday. Armed suspects aboard a vehicle convoy fired on two police officers near the intersection of calles Potasio and Criolita in the Jardines de Nueva Lindavista colony. One of the officers managed to return fire, but it is unknown if he hit anything.
• Three unidentified youths were shot to death at a bar in southern Monterrey city Sunday afternoon. The shooting took place at the La Barrica bar on Calle Rio Nazas in the Altamira colony where armed suspects travelling aboard a Renault sedan opened fire on the three men. A worker at a nearby bakery was wounded by stray gunfire.
• A shootout and a vehicle pursuit in Guadalupe ended with an overturned vehicle and four dead armed suspects Sunday.

  Guadalupe police officers on patrol were fired on by armed suspects aboard a Honda CRV SUV and a Chevrolet Malibu sedan near the intersection of Calle Toltec and Avenida Juarez in the Almaguer colony. The police then pursued the shooters through El Sabino and 20 de Noviembre colonies before ending near the intersection of avenida Juärez and Lazaro Cardenas at a shopping mall.

  The SUV crashed as it turned on Avenida Juarez when the driver attempted to avoid a convoy led by the Guadalupe police chief, and overturned the vehicle. Three of the suspects died at the scene as police gunfire hit them, while the fourth died before medical help could arrive.

  Minutes later the occupants of the Malibu sedan came under police gunfire near the intersection of calles 5 de Mayo and 20 de Noviembre. Gunfire damaged the vehicle, and apparently the suspects managed to escape.

• On Saturday, Guadalupe police officers came under gunfire near the intersection of avenidas Juarez and Israel Cavazos when armed suspects aboard a van shot at the officers. The driver of the police patrol car crashed the vehicle, injuring one officer. A nearby civilian driving a Ford Focus was hit in the leg by stray gunfire. Unconfirmed reports are that a 10 year old child was wounded by gunfire as well.

  The suspects managed to escape the scene. Police arrested three unidentified individuals suspected by being scouts for drug gangs.

• A gunfight between Guadalupe municipal police and armed suspects took place Monday night killing two.
• A shootout between rival gangs Monday in Nuevo Leon has left a toll of at least four dead on the Monterrey-Miguel Aleman highway near General Treviño.