At least 15 people died in firefights between soldiers and gunmen in the border towns of Reynosa, Rio Bravo and Díaz Ordaz, where the Gulf Cartel and a splinter group, Los Zetas, are vying for power, a newspaper, Milenio, reported.
The effort caused 73 deaths in firefights between the security forces and his supporters, but found no trace of him.Yet after a month on the run, Mr Coke decided to turn himself in.
Reports quickly began to circulate about the existence of mass graves following the December violence, which began early in the morning that Friday and resulted in firefight between the attackers and security forces that lasted late into the night.
And in April, at least 22 people were killed in a firefight between rival militias in the west of the country.
The latter's idea for a contemporary remake set in Mexico and featuring firefights between CIA agents and drug cartels appears to have survived the long pre-production process.
KABUL, Afghanistan — At least nine Afghan police officers and a civilian were killed early Thursday in a firefight between American forces and the officers in Ghazni Province, just south of the capital, local officials said.
In Baghdad, meanwhile, two police officers were killed in a firefight between a group of officers and security guards, apparently over a senior member of a leading Shiite Muslim group.
Walking home from school five years ago, he said, he was caught in a firefight between American forces and insurgents and was shot in the neck.
Tensions have heightened in recent weeks between the two neighbors, who have engaged in firefights when the Burmese Army came close to the border.
In Tulkarm on the West Bank in northern Israel, a Palestinian, Maher Sakalla, 18, died after having been caught in a firefight between Israeli special operations forces and members of the Aksa Martyrs Brigade, a militant force, in a crowded market.
Here he meets Forest Whitaker's eco-warrior who divides his time between delivering equally portentous speeches and dodging bullets in firefights.
