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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 10:44 a.m.

Read more: Local, Crime, Shootout, Explosives, Colonia El Maestro, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, Mexico

Calm has returned to a Reynosa neighborhood following an hour-long battle between soldiers and  criminals using high-powered weapons and explosives.

Mexican media outlets reported that the hour-long battle happened in the Colonia El Maestro on the city’s eastside around 1:15 a.m. Tuesday.

The El Milenio newspaper reported that at least 20 explosions rocked the normally peaceful neighborhood along the highway to Rio Bravo.

Mexican officials told El Milenio that the shootout started during a chase that began on the opposite side of the city on the highway to Monterrey.

The newspaper reported that hundreds of spent bullet casings were left at the scene with property damage to homes and cars.

El Milenio reported that at least three people were taken to Reynosa’s General Hospital but reporters could not verify if the victims were soldiers or civilians.

Click here to read the full story from El Milenio in Spanish

 

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Posted by Jose Cuervo, McAllen,Texas - Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 10:09 a.m.

"I think we all know that events like these happen more often than not. Stories like these continue to go under reported to avoid a negative impact on the local economy and fear among the Citizens.

How sad that Mexico with so much wonderful things to do and see continues to be brought to it's knees by idiots like these.
I know that i personally would love to take my family out on weekends and holidays to tour Reynosa and the surrounding cities.

As bad as the economy is going here,i would love to own some property across the border,but i know it would happen anytime soon because of incidents like these.
I hope the Mexican Goverment get's it's act together, and take's control of the situation soon.
But it needs to do it while respecting the Civil Rights of it's Citizens.."

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