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Mexico News Oct. 21

Posted by the Generals on October 30, 2011, 7:33 pm
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Subject: Mexico News DAILY October 21, 2011

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Mexican armed forces ambushed with car bomb

Development: On 20 October a car bomb exploded in the industrial city of Monterrey, in northern Mexico. The target was a military convoy which was pursuing suspected drug traffickers.
Significance: Drug trafficking organisations (DTOs) have made limited use of car bombs as a tactic and this is the first time DTOs have specifically targeted the armed forces with this type of attack. Other recent car bomb attacks were aimed at either the police or the media. Authorities claim it was an ambush by DTOs, which used the pursued car as bait with the purpose of leading the convoy to the car bomb’s location. The attack caused damage to property but no deaths or injuries. The armed forces and state authorities are conducting investigations to determine the identity of the perpetrators, but they have yet to make any arrests.
Key points:
• This is the second time DTOs have employed this tactic in the state of Nuevo León. On 17 December 2010 a car bomb exploded outside a police station at the suburb of Zuazua, injuring a police officer and a civilian bystander.
• On 15 July 2010 a car bomb exploded in the border city of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua killing four people (including a police officer).
• In August 2010, two simultaneous car bombs went off in Ciudad Victoria, in the northern state of Tamaulipas, causing damage to surrounding buildings but no fatalities or injuries.
• Another car bomb which exploded on 22 January this year killed a police officer who was responding to reports of an abandoned vehicle in the city of Tula, in the state of Hidalgo.
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