3 Killed in Mexican Border Town Shootout
Pastor Dale Morgan
3 Killed in Mexican Border Town Shootout*
The Associated Press
Monday, January 7, 2008; 9:26 PM
MEXICO CITY -- A shootout between Mexican authorities and suspected
criminals just across the border from Texas left three people dead and
eight injured on Monday, officials said.
Gunfire broke out around noon when Mexican federal agents encountered a
group of people carrying assault weapons in a car in the town of Rio
Bravo, across the border from Donna, Texas, according to a joint
statement from Mexico's federal Attorney General's office, Defense
Department and Public Safety Department.
Three suspected criminals died and five soldiers and three federal
police officers were injured in the shootout, which took place in
Tamaulipas state, the statement said.
The shooting was drug-related and some of the bodies were still lying in
the street hours after the incident, Mexican media reported.
Tamaulipas state, on the border with Texas, has been plagued by
drug-related killings and is the home base for the Gulf cartel.