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Car bomb explodes outside Ciudad Victoria newspaper
Posted: 03.20.2012 at 1:02 AM
Sergio Chapa

Sergio is KGBT's Interactive Manager and a reporter for VALLEYCENTRAL.COM.

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Authorities are investigating a car bomb that exploded outside a newspaper in the Tamaulipas capital of Ciudad Victoria.

It all happened outside the Expreso newspaper around 8:15 p.m. Monday.

The Tamaulipas Department of Public Safety (SSPE) confirmed an explosive device detonated inside a car parked on Avenida Los Almendros.

According to reports, the car was parked outside the newspaper.

Tamaulipas officials reported that nobody was hurt in the blast but it did cause property damage.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack as of Monday night.

In a statement released late Monday night, state officials said they working with federal officials to solve the crime.

The newspaper's website was down early Tuesday morning.

Publishers had not made a statement on their Facebook or Twitter accounts.

The car bombing following a series of gunbattles that left four people dead last week.

Ciudad Victoria is located about 200 miles, or about a four-hour-drive, south of Brownsville.

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COMUNICADO DE LA SECRETARIA DE SEGURIDAD PÚBLICA DEL ESTADO
Publicado el 19 de marzo de 2012 en las categorías de Noticias, Secretaría de Seguridad Pública Estatal

CD. VICTORIA, Tamaulipas.- La Secretaría de Seguridad Pública del Estado (SSPE) y la Procuraduría General de Justicia del Estado (PGJE) comunican que esta noche, aproximadamente a las 20.15 horas, se registró la detonación de un artefacto explosivo colocado en el interior de un vehículo estacionado en la Avenida Los Almendros del Fraccionamiento Los Almendros de esta ciudad capital.

La detonación destruyó el vehículo y causó algunos daños materiales, sin generar afectación a persona alguna.

La Secretaría de Seguridad Pública y la PGJE, en coordinación con el 77 Batallón de Infantería de la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, realizaron de inmediato las tareas de reconocimiento y revisión de la zona e iniciando las investigaciones correspondiente.

Participan en la revisión, peritos de la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional y de la Secretaría de Seguridad Pública Federal para el análisis del material utilizado y las conclusiones se incorporaran a la investigación de resultados.

Oportunamente se informará a la opinión pública sobre este evento así como las acciones emprendidas para identificar a los responsables de este acto que se condena enérgicamente.

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