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Mexico: Officers Battle Drug Suspects
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: January 14, 2011
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Twelve drug cartel suspects and two soldiers were killed in a nearly six-hour gun battle in the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, the authorities reported Friday. About 100 soldiers, marines and police officers surrounded a drug gang safe house in Xalapa late on Thursday, said Public Safety Secretary Sergio López Esquer. The gunmen resisted, and a standoff ensued. Security forces stormed the house early Friday and seized grenades, ammunition and vehicles, Gen. Rene Aguilar Paez of the army said. There were no arrests.
A version of this brief appeared in print on January 15, 2011, on page A8 of the New York edition.
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Mexico: Officers Battle Drug Suspects
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: January 14, 2011
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Twelve drug cartel suspects and two soldiers were killed in a nearly six-hour gun battle in the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, the authorities reported Friday. About 100 soldiers, marines and police officers surrounded a drug gang safe house in Xalapa late on Thursday, said Public Safety Secretary Sergio López Esquer. The gunmen resisted, and a standoff ensued. Security forces stormed the house early Friday and seized grenades, ammunition and vehicles, Gen. Rene Aguilar Paez of the army said. There were no arrests.
A version of this brief appeared in print on January 15, 2011, on page A8 of the New York edition.
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