CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — A raging gun battle between rival Mexican drug gangs close to the U.S. border left eight individuals lifeless and a string of burned-out armored vehicles littering a roadway.
Residents of the northern border state of Tamaulipas stated Monday the gun battles occurred Saturday and continued into Sunday within the hamlet of Santa Rosalia, positioned within the border township of Camargo. The residents requested to not be recognized for worry of reprisals.
They stated burned our bodies have been discovered mendacity in or close to the burned out vehicles, not less than three of which had welded metal plates that served as improvised armor.
They stated police and troopers solely ventured into the world within the daytime over the weekend, however that the cartel gunmen re-emerged at night time to proceed their battle.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador stated the gun battle was between two rival gangs, and that “many individuals” had been killed within the confrontation. The world has lengthy been disputed between the Northeast cartel, a remnant of the outdated Zetas gang, and the Gulf cartel.
The world is just not removed from the place 19 individuals, together with 16 Guatemalan migrants, have been killed in January. Twelve state law enforcement officials face prices in these killings.
The 2 cartels have usually employed home-made armored automobiles within the turf conflict, which has run for greater than a decade.
