Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Reformaarticle with photos from El Debate
Subject Matter: Confrontation in Jimenez Chihuahua
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required
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Reporter: Reforma Redaction
In an attack perpetrated by two armed men, six persons were assassinated, and in a later confrontation, the Military killed one of the attackers, in the Town of Jimenez, informed the Attorney General of the State (FGE).
The two attackers were travelling in an Expedition Van and after the aggression fled. "When they retired, they encountered the Military as they exited Jiminez, close to the Installation of the Federal Police, where they had a confrontation with the Military, who killed one, and wounded the other who they took in custody", assured Carlos Huerta, spokesman for the area.
The events occurred during early Monday morning in a place known as La Curva, according to the primary reports, the two attackers belonged to the criminal group Gente Nueva.
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The FGE informed that during the investigation of the homicides registered on Monday morning in Jimenez, they had detained an alleged member of the criminal group Gente Nueva, he was identified Marcelino Alvarez Perez, 44 years of age and originally from Guamuchil, Sinaloa.
At the scene of the confrontation, the authorities confiscated two AK47 assault rifles, made by Norinco with additional magazines, also a Ford Expedition colored red which had been marked with symbols GN.
The primary indication were that the subjects fired against the Military, when moments before they had participated in the deaths of six civilians in the Mariano Jimenez Avenue, at the exit to Torreon.
Original article in Spanish at Reforma
Subject Matter: Confrontation in Jimenez Chihuahua
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required
Reporter: Reforma Redaction
In an attack perpetrated by two armed men, six persons were assassinated, and in a later confrontation, the Military killed one of the attackers, in the Town of Jimenez, informed the Attorney General of the State (FGE).
The two attackers were travelling in an Expedition Van and after the aggression fled. "When they retired, they encountered the Military as they exited Jiminez, close to the Installation of the Federal Police, where they had a confrontation with the Military, who killed one, and wounded the other who they took in custody", assured Carlos Huerta, spokesman for the area.
The events occurred during early Monday morning in a place known as La Curva, according to the primary reports, the two attackers belonged to the criminal group Gente Nueva.
The FGE informed that during the investigation of the homicides registered on Monday morning in Jimenez, they had detained an alleged member of the criminal group Gente Nueva, he was identified Marcelino Alvarez Perez, 44 years of age and originally from Guamuchil, Sinaloa.
At the scene of the confrontation, the authorities confiscated two AK47 assault rifles, made by Norinco with additional magazines, also a Ford Expedition colored red which had been marked with symbols GN.
The primary indication were that the subjects fired against the Military, when moments before they had participated in the deaths of six civilians in the Mariano Jimenez Avenue, at the exit to Torreon.
Original article in Spanish at Reforma