Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat
Shootouts between the police and alleged criminals, occurring both Thursday
and Friday in Río Bravo, Tamaulipas, left seven dead.
First, on Thursday, the Coordination Group of Tamaulipas (GCT) reported
that: state police belonging to the Fuerza Tamaulipas (Tamaulipas Force) were
attacked on two occasions by members of a criminal group, leaving two dead in
the line of duty, while a policewoman was injured, along with an innocent bystander.
In the first attack, which occurred shortly after 19:00 hours in Independencia
street located at the center of the border municipality, two unidentified
gunmen who were driving in a sports car were killed.
During this attack, state policeman Ramón Zúñiga died, while a
policewoman was injured by a gunshot. Her
condition was reported as stable and out of danger.
During the second attack, the state police were searching for the
assailants, who were also attacked by armed gunmen at the crossing of the
streets Independencia and Galeana, leaving Officer José Dionisio Bañuelos
Chavira dead while an innocent bystander was injured.
The attackers, who were traveling in several vehicles, created blockades
in some parts of the city in order to evade federal forces who were sent in to
support the forces of the Fuerza Tamaulipas.
The assailants escaped taking exit roads to Reynosa, Río Bravo and Valle
Hermoso.
The blockades were subsequently removed by the military and federal
authorities, which secured three rifles, two pistols, magazines, cartridges,
and a car.
Meanwhile on Friday, the group reported on three more deaths in the
municipality of Río Bravo:
