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Gunfight erupts in Mexican capital, 2 killed
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by Sanjay Jha | October 16, 2008 at 01:34 am
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Mexico is in severe grip of the drug dealers and gang fights often leads to of killing members from rivals gang. Warring gangs are involved in gun fights. There is this news coming from Mexican capital about a gun fight and killing of two people.
A shootout that erupted when gunmen hurled a grenade at police has left two people dead and five wounded in Mexico's capital.
The Public Safety Department says both of the dead are gunmen. The injured include two police and a man shot when a stray bullet tore through his home.
The shootout erupted Wednesday night when gunmen in a car tried to resist arrest. The armed men first claimed they were police, then offered a bribe.
When police ordered the men out of the car, they emerged with grenades. One of them threw a grenade at the officers. It failed to explode, but a shootout broke out.
More than 3,000 people have been killed across Mexico this year. Most of the deaths has been blamed on the drug trade.
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at 16:51 on October 16th, 2008
Sanjay Jha, Thanks for posting this Sanjay Jha, I saw it on TV, I guess I'm getting used to hear things like this almost everyday here in Mexico, either in one state or another.
at 17:28 on October 16th, 2008
The individuals that confronted policemen with gun shots at Huipulco to the south of Mexico city, also threw two hand grenades that did not detonate. This was informed by sources from the Secretary of Public Security in the Federal District.
Source: aguasdigital.com