Crime & Safety

Shootout With Mexican Soldiers, Police Leave 9 Suspects Dead Near US Border

The government of the northern border state of Coahuila said state police officers came under fire while patrolling a dirt road.

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September 17, 2021

Shootouts with Mexican soldiers and police near the U.S. border left 9 suspected gunmen dead on September 16.

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The government of the northern border state of Coahuila said state police officers came under fire while patrolling a dirt road southwest of the border city of Nuevo Laredo.

Members of the Mexican federal Police patrol along the bank of the Rio Bravo, natural border between Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila state, Mexico. (credit: Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFP via Getty Images)

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