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Reynosa Gun Battle Claims Three Lives, People Injured

Garrett Montgomery

Reynosa gun battles have left three people dead, and multiple injured. On Friday, Mexican authorities captured a leader of the Gulf Cartel, named Jose Tiburcio Hernandez Fuentes, known as El Gafe – the arrest caused fights and gun battles between gangs and police.

Reynosa gun battles

Reynosa gun battles between gang members and Mexican police have left three people dead, and numerous others injured. On Friday morning, Mexican authorities arrested a leader of the Gulf Cartel named Jose Tiburcio Hernandez Fuente, also known as El Gafe, and in retaliation gun battles erupted between criminals and police officers.

The fight led to two officers being injured and three armed civilians dead. At around 8:00 a.m., many people, took to Twitter to share pictures of the Reynosa gun battles that left a school bus and dozens of cars on fire.

According to local media, the gun battles began south of the Hidalgo International Bridge to Reynosa and the fights escalated to a nearby bus station. Residents revealed on social media that dozens of carjacking occurred and the vehicles were torched and used as blockades by gang members.

The Tamaulipas Coordination Group, which have arrested a handful of gangbangers, who were involved in the Reynosa gun battles, explained:

“Resulting from the operation, members of the same criminal group reacted by attacking federal and Tamaulipas forces, setting up blockades in the city,”

The statement went on to reveal:

“Up to now, three armed civilians are reported dead, and two members of the Tamaulipas Force were wounded in the attacks.”

Reynosa, which sits on the McAllen, Texas border, has become a war zone where the Gulf Cartel and their bitter rivals, Los Zetas, have been fighting for control of a city of 610,000 people.

Several cartel members have been arrested in the region in the past months, (including the Gulf’s former leader Mario Armando Ramirez Trevino, known as X-20, in August 2013), but 20 officers have been killed over the takedown of criminals.

Reynosa Mayor Jose Elias Leal stated that a security task force regained control of the city at 6:00 p.m.
Two US-Mexico border crossings that were closed during the gun battles have been reopened.

Reynosa gun battles put a new light on the violence that is currently plaguing Mexico.

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