Mexican army kills 12 gunmen in shootout near Texas border
- Mexican troops in Tamaulipas killed 12 gunmen linked to organized crime in a clash, recovering 12 guns and ammunition.
- Tamaulipas, a border state, faces violence and drug cartel clashes, leading to the death of four US citizens in the past.
- Mexico has seen over 420,000 murders and 110,000 disappearances attributed to criminal groups since the start of an anti-drug offensive in 2006.
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Mexican army kills 12 gunmen in shootout near Texas border
Mexican soldiers killed 12 gunmen in a shootout near the Texas border, authorities said. The security department of the northern border state of Tamaulipas said late Sunday the confrontation took place in the township of Miguel Aleman, across the border from Roma, Texas. The department wrote on its social media…
A confrontation between civilians and members of the Army in Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas, left 12 dead this Sunday. This has been reported by the State Security Office, which has pointed out that all the deceased were supposedly aggressors. The violent shooting occurred after a group of people attacked members of the Secretariat of Defense (Sedena) in the Loma Linda neighborhood of the border municipality, according to the statement. State authori…
Mexican army kills 12 gunmen in shootout near Texas border
Mexican soldiers killed 12 gunmen in a shootout near the Texas border, authorities said. The security department of the northern border state of Tamaulipas said late Sunday the confrontation took place in the township of Miguel Aleman, across the border from Roma, Texas. The department wrote on its social media accounts that soldiers came under attack and that 12 suspects were “reduced” in the shootout. The word is an old-style reference to kill…
Die mutmasslichen Bandenmitglieder hatten die Militärs in der Nähe der Stadt Miguel Alemán in dem an die USA grenzenden Bundesstaat Tamaulipas angegriffen.
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