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Monterrey.- This Monday armed men ambushed elements of the Salinas Victoria Police in the Los Villarriales area.
As per the information received from the officials, the alleged criminals startled the official elements and started firing upon which the officers foiled the attack.
In the confrontation, one of the police officers is shot and killed, while another agent is injured and receives emergency treatment.
It is not yet known whether any armed civilians were detained or killed by the police.
Officials said two police units were attacked.
Minutes later, State Security Secretary, Gerardo Palacios Palmanes, reported that the attack, in which he confirmed casualties among police officers, was against police officers from Salinas Victoria. civil forces, ministerial police, municipalities, the National Guard and the army.
“Taken by surprise, members of organized crime opened fire on Salinas Victoria Police officers. Civil forces, ministerial police, municipal police, GN and the army, which came in support, received 50-caliber bullets. Unfortunately there were casualties There are people. Police officers. Criminals have surrounded them,” Palacios Palmanes reported.
Later, the chief of security reported that five people had died in the confrontation, including three policemen (two from the Civil Force and one from Salinas Victoria) and two civilians.
Salinas Victoria is a municipality located in the north of the state of Nuevo León. About 36 km from the city of Monterrey.
