Thursday afternoon heavy gunfire was reported in the city Laredo (Texas, United States), , no casualties reported by government forces
Thirteen suspected criminal gangs members were killed in Nuevo Laredo
NUEVO LAREDO, March 1. – Thirteen suspects were killed during a shootout with the Mexican Army and police in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, the military said.
This afternoon, heavy gunfire was reported in that city, on the border with Laredo (Texas, United States), on the southern bank of the Rio Grande and where several areas of the town were blocked.
The sources corresponding by telephone said, the military zoned off the area and that thirteen suspected criminal gangs members were killed in the fighting, and added that government forces had no casualties. They did not specify whether anyone was arrested during the operation.
The state of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Laredo has been one of the most affected by the violence generated by drug cartels in the country.
