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Pro 8 Update: Nuevo Laredo police fired on soldiers during shoot out

By Ray Gomez

Federal law enforcement in Nuevo Laredo is finally releasing information about the shoot out Wednesday afternoon.
According to the release only two people are dead but there is no confirmed number of injured people.
The release also says that some Nuevo Laredo police officers were involved in the shootout.
According to federal authorities in Nuevo Laredo six officers allegedly assaulted soldiers from the Mexican military with their handguns.
The assault happened when the officers were patrolling Avenida
Monterrey.
That’s when the shots started two people are dead and have not been identified.
Federal authorities also confiscated four handguns, 13 grenades, three bulletproof vests, and five vehicles which most of them had Texas license plates.
During the shootout somebody allegedly witnessed four men who where hurt got into two municipal police units to escape from authorities.
Federal authorities were able to search those two police units and found blood inside that belonged to those officers.
The federal authorities in Nuevo Laredo continue to investigate this case.
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