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Nine dead as gunmen storm Mexico bar | |
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Gunmen have killed eight people in a bar in the northern Mexico city of Monterrey, the scene of recent bloody turf battles between the Gulf drug cartel and the Zetas gang. | Gunmen have killed eight people in a bar in the northern Mexico city of Monterrey, the scene of recent bloody turf battles between the Gulf drug cartel and the Zetas gang. |
Nuevo Leon state security spokesman Jorge Domene said a ninth person died when he apparently fell trying to flee the attackers across rooftops. The attack happened on Monday evening at the Matehuala Men's Club. | Nuevo Leon state security spokesman Jorge Domene said a ninth person died when he apparently fell trying to flee the attackers across rooftops. The attack happened on Monday evening at the Matehuala Men's Club. |
Domene said some of the victims were bar employees. Authorities are investigating motives behind the attack, but say a recent upsurge in violence is a result of fighting between the Zetas and the Gulf cartels. | Domene said some of the victims were bar employees. Authorities are investigating motives behind the attack, but say a recent upsurge in violence is a result of fighting between the Zetas and the Gulf cartels. |
In the city of Reynosa, across the border from McAllen, Texas, the Mexican army reported clashes that left four gunmen dead. | In the city of Reynosa, across the border from McAllen, Texas, the Mexican army reported clashes that left four gunmen dead. |
The army said armed men attacked a patrol in the town centre of Reynosa, leaving four people dead. Presumed allies of the gunmen set up roadblocks throughout the city in order to stop army units moving freely. | |
The military did not release the identities of any of the dead. | The military did not release the identities of any of the dead. |