Posted on 03/12/2013 10:34:55 AM PDT by Nachum
REYNOSA — Fear and panic filled the streets of Reynosa on Sunday night as rival gunmen battled during a three-hour firefight that saw automatic weapons and grenades used. Surprisingly, Mexican authorities were absent for most of the melee.
The opening clashes were reported just before 9 p.m. Sunday, when rival factions of the Gulf Cartel consummated what appeared to be a yet another rift within the criminal organization.
During the protracted gunbattle, dozens of gunmen were killed, but authorities Monday would only confirm the deaths of two bystanders and the injury of a third.
A Tamaulipas law enforcement official, who asked to not be named citing security reasons, confirmed that the death toll was about three dozen, however the exact figures were not known because cartel gunmen picked up their own people’s bodies during the struggle.
In a news release, the Tamaulipas Attorney General’s Office, known as the PGJE, confirmed that the two slain bystanders were a taxi driver and a teenager who was riding a vehicle with his father. The release confirms one person was injured and seven gunmen arrested, and it states that authorities seized 22 vehicles that were used in the melee, but it doesn’t mention any gunmen dying.
The Tamaulipas law enforcement agent called the new release issued by his superiors an insult to common sense.
“There were four trucks filled with bodies that (members of organized crime) picked up,” the official said. “That is not counting the (bodies) that were left behind.”
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Sounds like it was mostly red on red with little net loss to society.
“Grenades” how soon before those show up in Obamaland?
Sounds like they had their weapons set to full Tarantino.
He's right. They bring their gang values with them. Also, the river doesn't stop their bullets either proven by the University of Texas in both El Paso and Brownsville have had to close due to bullets hitting campus buildings.
Oh, wait...
Dead scumbag, corrupt cops/military salute too the zone of mexico...it’s not a country. Never has been, never will.
Birth control, Mexico style.
Sounds as if Mexico needs gun control laws. Let’s send Di, Sarah, Chuckie and Gabby there to get things rolling.
Wonder how much the CIA/Intel agencies had to do with the rift in the Cartel.
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