Mayhem in Monterrey: 4 Cops Die, 6 Wounded; Cops Bag 2 Bad Guys
2011-05-12
Posted by: badanov
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Four municipal police officers were murdered in several shootings in and around Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Tuesday and Wednesday including two Santa Catarina municipal police officers ambushed in Santa Catarina, according to Mexican press accounts.
- In an apparent failed assassination attempt, one armed suspect was shot to death and four Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon municipal police officers were wounded in an attack Tuesday afternoon. Armed suspects travelling aboard a three vehicle convoy near the intersection of avenidas Israel Cavazos and Rincon del Crater in the Rincon de Guadalupe colony opened fire on a police convoy which included newly appointed Guadalupe police chief Florencio Santos Hernandez.
Police return fire killed one suspect. Four municipal police officers were wounded in the attack.
The dead suspect was driving a Ford Lobo (F-150) pickup truck. Armed suspects aboard the other two vehicles escaped he area. Police found a rifle and weapons attachments in the pickup truck.
The Guadalupe municipal police corporation recently hired four prior service Mexican military to staff their security detail including Santos Hernandez, who was a sergeant in the Mexican Army.
Reports say Guadalupe mayor Ivonne Alvarez hired retired Colonel of Infantry, Enrique Alberto San Martin Sanchez, who is in charge of overall security in Guadalupe, former Captain Alejandro Almanza Hernandez, who is director of Guadalupe police command and control, and First Captain Hermelindo Aquileo Sanchez Castellanos, who heads up recruitment and training.
- Two Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon police officers were shot to death in an ambush Tuesday just after noon. Fernando Rico and Felipe were shot while they were on patrol near the intersection of calles Argelia and Coatlicue in the Fomerrey colony when armed suspects travelling aboard a van fired on them. About 20 shots were fired against the officers.
- An Escobedo, Nuevo Leon municipal police officer and an unidentified civilian were shot to death and two other police officers were wounded in an attack in front of a residence in the Nuevo Esperanza colony in Escobedo. The police were at the location guarding a residence when the attack took place.
- One female Guadalupe municipal police officers was shot to death and her partner was wounded in an ambush in Guadalupe Wednesday evening. Maricruz Hernandez Vazquez, and her partner, Oscar Lira were responding to an apparent false call of a bank robbery in progress at a shopping mall near the intersection of Pablo Livas and Santa Rosa de Lima in the Santa MarÃÂa colony. Armed suspects travelling aboard a Ford Lobo (F-150) pickup truck arrived at the location and fired on the police, killing Hernandez Vazquez, and wounding her partner Lira. The shooters then fled the scene. Found at the location of the ambush were assault weapon and handgun spent casings.
- Five unidentified men were shot to death in San Nicholas de los Garza Wednesday evening. The victims were travelling aboard a Ford Lobo (F-150) pickup truck on Avenida Felix Galvan in the Constituyentes de Queretaro colony when they were shot.
- An unknown number of Agencia Estatal de Investigaciones (AEI) agents on patrol on Avenida Insurgentes in Monterrey were fired on. No injuries were reported in the attack.
- A police search of a criminal gang camp near Linares, Nuevo Leon left one armed suspect dead and to the discovery of a grave containing at least four victims. Security forces including Nuevo Leon Policia Estatal de Caminos or Highway patrol, conducted a search of a location at El Rancho San Miguel in ejido La Cebadilla, where they found four stolen vehicles and a camp in use including facilities for eating and bathing.
As the search progressed, police encountered five armed suspects aboard a Dodge Journey SUV, who immediately opened fire on the police. Police return fired killed one while the other four escaped.
Police found a grave nearby containing the remains of at least four and as many as six victims near the camp.
To see Rantburg reports on fighting between criminal gangs in Linares with a link to another attack in the same area, click here.