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Monday, March 5, 2012

March 5th Mayhem in Monterrey: 9 die

By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com

Nine individuals were killed and three others wounded in or around Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Saturday and Sunday, five of them at the hands of the Mexican Army.

Fuerzas Civiles in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
  • A Mexican Army unit came under small arms fire at a location on the Monterrey, Neuvo Leon to Monclova, Coahuila highway from an undisclosed number of armed suspects. The shooting took place last Sunday at about 1730 hrs at El Rancho San Gabriel,near the village of San Bartolo which is at Kilometer 116 of the highway.  Army return fire killed three armed suspects. One soldier was reportedly wounded in the exchange of gunfire. In the aftermath, soldiers seized four vehicles, weapons and ammunition.
  • Two unidentified armed suspects were killed and three more were detained Saturday in a firefight between a detachment of the Mexican Army and armed suspects.  The shootout took place in the village of San Rafael in Galeana municipality in Nuevo Leon state, where the army unit came under small arms fire by the suspect group.
  • Two unidentified men were wounded and a third critically wounded in a shooting in Monterrey city Sunday.  The shooting took place near the intersection of calles Sidra and Ortiguilla in La Esperanza colony where armed suspects broke into a residence at shot the three men. 
  • A man in his 20s was shot to death in Monterrey Monday afternoon.  José Luis Lara Resendiz, 22, was shot to death a short distance from his mother's home in Venustiano Carranza colony near the intersection of calles Francisco Mungia and Emiliano Zapata.  Shortly after leaving the residence armed suspects travelling  aboard a sedan pursued the victim a short distance before hitting him with gunfire at about 1420 hrs.
  •  A man was shot to death Sunday night in northern Monterrey.  Eduardo Rodríguez Armejo, 23, was shot near the intersection of calles Hoz and Brida in Fomerrey 113 colony after a shouting match with armed suspects who were travelling aboard a sedan.  Reports say an AR-15 was used in the shooting, and that a second unidentified individual also exchanged words with armed suspects before the shooting.
  • An unidentified youth was shot to death near a children's party in Monterrey Monday. The victim had been accosted on the street by armed suspects in Unidad Pedreras colony near the Topo Chico hills.
  • An unidentified youth in his teens was shot to death in Monterrey Sunday night.  The victim was walking with his mother and a toddler when armed suspects travelling aboard a sedan near the intersection of calles Toronja and Melocotones in Fomerrey 121 colony, shot him to death.
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com

14 comments:

  1. This is sort of off subject from the article but.... People say the drug war is in part because of Calderon's pressure on the cartels and war on drugs, however now it seems it does not matter who becomes president or what thier stance on the drug war is because there is so much inter catel quarels that regardless of military police pressure the cartels will continue to battle right?

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    1. Violence, fear, blood shed, & terror will always exist as long as drugs and money are involed. It really doesn't matter if they fight amongst themselves or fight other cartels. Also, it's doubtful that legalization of controlled substances will do anything to end the violence in Mexico.

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    2. America needs to fix itself if it wants to lessen the violence in Mexico and abroad. A grass roots campaign is needed to enforce the dangers of using illegal narcotics. Parents who use will inevitably have kids who use; this in turn fuels the demand for illegal narcotics & subsequent violence. Offering tax based incentives as motivation to keep the public off of illegal drugs is one approach. Enforcing stricter anti-drug policies at places of employment is another. You fix the foundation, and the home becomes structurally sound.

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  2. How many more times will these idiots attack the Mexican Army, with small arms no less..... These cartel members have balls that are bigger than their brains.

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  3. For a country that makes gun possesion a crime,Huge signs at the border guns/ammo jail, It is so strange to hear of all the shooting. DON'T THEY KNOW IT'S AGAINST THE LAW TO HAVE GUNS and AMMUNITION? IDIOTS Good work Army,love the line that 5 were killed"at the hands of the Army" damn that Military murdering poor misunderstod criminols,we know all they need is counceling.

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  4. it's becoming a little bit boring:
    10 people killed here,
    12 people killed there,
    20 beheadings here,
    30 rapes there,
    ............
    yawn

    let's wait for something spectacular
    like for example, "members of cartel XY
    beheaded themselves and then raped their
    mamitas"

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  5. EVERYBODY HAVE DIFERENT IDEAS TO END THE DRUGWAR IN MEXICO BUT THE BEST SOLUTION DAMMIT EASY JUST STOP USING DRUGS WHEN WE STOP USING THAT CRAP THE CARTELS DONT GONNA HAVE A MARKET AND I M SURE THEY BECAME A HANDYMANS OR FARMERS

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    1. Los carteles ya no viven de la venta de droga. Viven de secuestro, extosion y cuotas

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  6. I'm surprised that they don't leave car bombs timed to go off after the authorities are on the scene investigating the dead bodies in the car used to attract them.

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  7. @March 5, 2012 11:01 PM

    That's right, their feuds began before Calderon's move to put army on streets and it haven't slowed down their war between cartels.

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  8. They say war is abot to really kick in. Golfos in laredo. And Monterrey feels hot and tense. This sucks. I guess there is pedo in miguel aleman too mantas. Let the rats kill eachother, or el ejercito exterminate them.

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  9. Cuidado Cerralvo, NL ya llego el CDG otra veZ puta Zorraz. Asi komo En Nuevo Laredo ya empesamos la guerra kontra un Mundo sin Z - Chavo

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  10. Dam my cousin was killed in this incident R.I.P CUZ Eduardo

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  11. es cierto así es como obtienen dinero para comprar armas y para financiar la guerra contra otros carteles its true that cartels get money for kidnap and extortion and they charge all business for protection.

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