Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Milenio article and additional news from Noreste
Subject Matter: Sicarios vs Military confrontation
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required
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Reporter: Milenio Digital
Elements of the State Police and Military had a confrontation with members of the Cartel del Golfo, on the outskirts of the Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas, at this time it is unknown if there are dead or injured.
According to a video shared on social networks, the Sicarios fled in a Cherokee armored jeep on the Rio Bravo - Valle Hermoso highway, when two groups of Military saw and engaged them.
In the images one can observe how a citizen shot the video of the confrontation from inside a restaurant. The Military elements fired at them for a full 30 seconds a breach 109.
After the gun battle the Military confiscated the armored Jeep, rifles and ammunition, but it is unknown if there were any casualties.
Unofficial version of events indicate that the Sicarios were members of a cell of Commander Pelochas, Metro 28, who has an arrest warrant for continuous confrontations with authorities of Reynosa and Rio Bravo.
Valor por Tamaulipas also has some photos taken after the confrontation which I have added below. There was a block on the other side of the highway bridge, where the Sicarios probably escaped to.
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UPDATE FROM NORESTE
Confrontations leave 18 dead in Reynosa, Rio Bravo and Matamoros.
Sedena reported that 18 alleged criminals were killed and seven more detained during six confrontations that took place in Reynosa, Rio Bravo and Matamoros, in Tamaulipas, and in General Bravo in Nuevo Leon.
The confrontations later led to action by the organized criminals with blockades against the Military. As well as 18 deaths, Sedena reported they decommissioned an arsenal that included grenade launchers and grenades, rifles, as well as armored vehicles.
Edgar Luis Villegas Melendez, Operations Chief of the Army in this area, detailed that the attacks on Tuesday were coordinated and in some cases occurred in a simultaneous manner, in the towns of General Bravo, Reynosa, Matamoros and El Berrendo and Los Valadeces in Tamaulipas.
Sedena informed that in these places they detained five persons, and confiscated seven vehicles, four of them armored, as well as 28 firearms, 23 rifles and 5 pistols, 58 hand grenades, 10 grenade launchers, 34 40mm grenades, 229 magazines, and 10730 rounds of ammunition.
One hour after, in Reynosa, members of organized crime blocked arterial routes to impede the entrance of the Military into the city, and this prompted another confrontation.
More confrontations happened later between 15:15 and 18:00 first in General Bravo, Nuevo Leon. Sedena did not confirm how many criminals were killed in these latter clashes.
Subject Matter: Sicarios vs Military confrontation
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required
Reporter: Milenio Digital
Elements of the State Police and Military had a confrontation with members of the Cartel del Golfo, on the outskirts of the Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas, at this time it is unknown if there are dead or injured.
According to a video shared on social networks, the Sicarios fled in a Cherokee armored jeep on the Rio Bravo - Valle Hermoso highway, when two groups of Military saw and engaged them.
In the images one can observe how a citizen shot the video of the confrontation from inside a restaurant. The Military elements fired at them for a full 30 seconds a breach 109.
After the gun battle the Military confiscated the armored Jeep, rifles and ammunition, but it is unknown if there were any casualties.
Unofficial version of events indicate that the Sicarios were members of a cell of Commander Pelochas, Metro 28, who has an arrest warrant for continuous confrontations with authorities of Reynosa and Rio Bravo.
Valor por Tamaulipas also has some photos taken after the confrontation which I have added below. There was a block on the other side of the highway bridge, where the Sicarios probably escaped to.
UPDATE FROM NORESTE
Confrontations leave 18 dead in Reynosa, Rio Bravo and Matamoros.
Sedena reported that 18 alleged criminals were killed and seven more detained during six confrontations that took place in Reynosa, Rio Bravo and Matamoros, in Tamaulipas, and in General Bravo in Nuevo Leon.
The confrontations later led to action by the organized criminals with blockades against the Military. As well as 18 deaths, Sedena reported they decommissioned an arsenal that included grenade launchers and grenades, rifles, as well as armored vehicles.
Edgar Luis Villegas Melendez, Operations Chief of the Army in this area, detailed that the attacks on Tuesday were coordinated and in some cases occurred in a simultaneous manner, in the towns of General Bravo, Reynosa, Matamoros and El Berrendo and Los Valadeces in Tamaulipas.
Sedena informed that in these places they detained five persons, and confiscated seven vehicles, four of them armored, as well as 28 firearms, 23 rifles and 5 pistols, 58 hand grenades, 10 grenade launchers, 34 40mm grenades, 229 magazines, and 10730 rounds of ammunition.
One hour after, in Reynosa, members of organized crime blocked arterial routes to impede the entrance of the Military into the city, and this prompted another confrontation.
More confrontations happened later between 15:15 and 18:00 first in General Bravo, Nuevo Leon. Sedena did not confirm how many criminals were killed in these latter clashes.