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Mexican Army bags 4 bad guys in Tamaulipas
2011-09-28
Posted by: badanov

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A Mexican Army unit killed four armed suspects in an small arms encounter in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Saturday, according to Mexican news reports.

The army unit was on patrol on calle Prolongacion Nicaragua in the Los Olivos colony when armed suspects travelling aboard a sedan opened fire on the unit.

Army return fire killed four suspects.

Soldiers at the scene seized four rifles, 56 weapons magazines, about 1,500 rounds of ammunition and the vehicle.