Translated by Valor for
Borderland Beat
This is the second known occurrence where gunmen ambush federal forces in a month in San Fernando.
Yesterday, armed gunmen aboard two
trucks opened fire on a convoy of the federal police, federal forces
division, in a failed ambush where eight of the gunmen, belonging to a criminal group
that controls the area, died.
The fighting occurred
yesterday when the officers carried out surveillance patrols at 13:00 hours,
three kilometers from the federal highway Entronque
Urracas–Reynosa (also known as “Y”) kilometer 41, along the agricultural
corridor of gap 40 that leads to the neighborhood Agrícola Francisco González
Villarreal, belonging to the municipality of San Fernando.
In this area, a convoy
of members of the federal preventive police led by the patrol vehicle #13754,
were on a patrol when they were attacked by armed gunmen that were traveling
aboard two trucks.
Upon realizing that
they were cut off by the federal forces, the gunmen in the white truck opened fire
at the convoy of federal agents, repelling the aggression.
At The Scene
