Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
A confrontation in the city of Nuevo Laredo (border with the United States) between the military and members of the Hell Troop, the armed arm of the Northeast Cartel, left as a balance a soldier wounded by a bullet and eight alleged criminals deceasedA spokesman for the Mexican Police informed Efe.
“Military personnel requested support because they were being attacked on Boulevard Luis Donaldo Colosio on the corner of Paseo Loma Real,” said the source of the state Police of the northeastern state of Tamaulipas.
The clash with large caliber weapons between the military and the civilian gunmen took place on Thursday night.
It was the third confrontation to shots in less than two months between soldiers of the Mexican Army and the gunmen of the Hell Troop, which have caused a total of 32 deaths and at least six soldiers and police officers injured.
Hitmen in pickup truck
“When support came to the soldiers, there was a Van with people killed inside and firearms, “added the spokesman for the state police.
The expert services and experts accounted for eight dead men in two vehicles.
The men dead They wore cloned military clothing as if it were from the Mexican Armed Navy, a military organization that no longer operates in Nuevo Laredo.
Several long weapons were found inside the vehicles. It was also reported that another Van with gunmen managed to escape.
Investigation
An investigation carried out in Houston, Texas (USA), by the Office of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF, for its acronym in English) documented that long weapons that have recently been seized from the Hell Troop they were bought in an armory in that city.
Documents from the Houston Federal Court in Efe’s possession specify that Israel Chapa Jr., a young man who is currently detained in Houston, admitted to the AFT that he had sold several weapons to Victor Camacho, an American who lives in Brownsville, Texas.
The weapons purchased by Camacho were sold in Nuevo Laredo to members of the Northeast Cartel, including two Barrett .50 caliber submachine guns and one of them ended in the shooting registered in the town of Villa Unión, Coahuila, where they passed away 24 people.
The attack on the Villa Unión Police took place on November 30, 2019 and about 150 hitmen from the Hell’s Troop participated with a total of 24 dead, including 18 suspected criminals, 2 civilians and 4 policemen.
2019 was the most violent for Mexico since there has been a record of 34,608 malicious homicides and 1,012 femicides.
In the first seven months of the year, the country registered 20,494 intentional homicides.
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