Sunday, February 22, 2009
Investigating several individuals for a firefight between the army and thugs in Mexico
Posted by Lesbond at Sunday, February 22, 2009
A Mexican judge ordered the attachment (custody) for forty days of seven men who allegedly participated in a street confrontation between the army and thugs in the northern city of Reynosa, leaving five dead and seven wounded, said an official source.
In a statement, the Attorney General's Office (PGR, OTP) indicates that the seven arrested are being investigated by the Deputy Attorney Specialized Investigation of Organized Crime (OFDI).
Last Tuesday a group of thugs clashed for a couple of hours at various points in the city and full light of day with soldiers and federal agents, in a crash in which brought to light rifles and grenades, causing panic among residents Reynosa, on the border with the United States.
In the scuffle alleged hitmen killed five and wounded seven federal agents.
The root is a legal measure which allows the Prosecutor to expand its research on detainees to present evidence to a judge.
After the confrontation, the federal forces seized an 60 mm mortar, five rifle grenades and two fragmentation, bulletproof vests and two trucks.
The clash coincided with several locks, allegedly paid by the Gulf cartel, which made hundreds of people in this border city to protest against the presence of the Mexican Army.
Belongs to Reynosa Tamaulipas, a state considered the seat of the powerful and violent Gulf cartel, who disputed control of several regions of the country with Sinaloa.
This war between the cartels and against the federal forces had left the country so far in 2009 over a thousand dead and some 10,000 in the three last three years, according to sources.
