11 gunmen were killed in the action of the security forces in the northeastern region of Mexico on Wednesday.
Nuevo Leon state government issued a statement saying, 11 gunmen were shot dead and one person was taken into custody in a clash after security personnel opened fire while pursuing an armed group. Security personnel have seized weapons and vehicles from the armed group.” After the attack on the command post, a search was launched by air and ground and there was no casualty on the part of the security forces.
The shootout took place in Los Ramones municipality while the security personnel were chasing the gunman who was traveling in about eight pickup trucks. The suspect who was taken into custody was walking on the highway in camouflage, carrying weapons and tactical equipment. Clashes between security forces and suspected cartel members are common in Mexico. Since 2006, more than 450,000 people have died in armed conflicts in the Latin American nation of Mexico.
Dozens of people have died this month due to infighting among drug-trafficking groups in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, home to one of the country’s most powerful and violent drug gangs. This violence happened after Ismail ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, the co-founder of the Sinaloa drugs trading organization, was suddenly arrested on American soil at the end of last July.
The latest clashes and deaths come as outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is advocating a ‘hogs not bullets’ strategy to tackle violent crime while tackling poverty and inequality through social programmes.
