2 more grenades found in Ciudad Victoria in Tamaulipas

Two grenades were found in front of the a government building in Ciudad Victoria in Tamaulipas Saturday night, according to Mexican news accounts.

A news brief which appeared on the website of El Diario de Coahuila news daily reported that local police agents found two undetonated grenades left on the ground at around 2130 hrs Saturday near the Casa de Gobierno on calle 8th in northern Ciudad Victoria.

Tamaulipas' governor Egidio Torre Cantu and his wife were attending a soccer (futbol) game between Autonomous University of Tamaulipas (UAT) and Merida at a nearby stadium.

The report did not say what happened with regard to the governor; only that a mobilization had taken place in the area involving local police and Policia Federal units.

The find is the second in five days.  Last Tuesday two hand grenades were detonated, presumably by armed suspects at the Palacio de Gobierno in Ciudad Victoria.  That attack wounded three individuals.

Ciudad Victoris is the state capital of Tamaulipas state.

Meanwhile, social networks report gunfire in Reynosa Sunday morning on Bulevar Colosio and later a convoy of armed suspects aboard 20 vehicles travelling in the city.

Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com

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2 die, 3 wounded in Tamaualipas

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Two armed suspects were killed in an exchange of gunfire with a Mexican Army road patrol in Nuevo Laredo, according to Mexican news accounts.

According to a news report posed on the website of Milenio news daily, the shootout took place near the intersection of Calle Esfinge and Bulevar Canseco in Reservas Territoriales colony.

The two suspects were travelling aboard a Volkswagen Jetta sedan when the shootout took place.  The report suggested more than the two suspects were aboard the vehicle when the gunfight took place.  Soldiers found two AR-15 and two AK-47 rifles aboard the vehicle after the shootout.

Separately, three unidentified Tamaulipas state government employees were wounded in Ciudad Victoria -- Tamaulipas' state capital -- when two explosive devices, presumably grenades, were detonated Tuesday afternoon near the Palacio Gobierno  which is located near the intersection of calles 15th and Hidalgo.  Twitter reports say two grenades were detonated.

According to a news report which appeared on the website of Milenio, the attack took place at around 1635 hrs.

Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com

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