AZMEX UPDATE 1-9-17

AZMEX UPDATE 1 SEP 2017


Note: A busy Sept. 1, not stopping anytime soon.


A firefight between armed group and police in Chihuahua
El Heraldo de Chihuahua
Thursday August 31, 2017 in Republic
https://www.elsoldemazatlan.com.mx/republica/video-a-balazos-se-enfrentan-group-armado-y-policias-en-chihuahua

The video was taken Saturday afternoon in the municipality of Madera, when an armed command attempted to free three detainees from the State Police. The detainees were municipal expellees of Madera.

There were 30 pickup trucks from which dozens of gunmen descended who started firing at Mexican Army and State Security elements.

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More: video of firefight at link.

Video: This was the confrontation between policemen and sicarios in Madera

The media of the city of Parral shared the video of the moment when state police and the army confronted the hit men in the municipality of Madera the afternoon of Saturday.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 2017
07:11

http://tiempo.com.mx/noticia/96549-fighting_balacera_madera_ejercito_policias_vs_sicarios/1

Cops vs. Sicarios
Saturday afternoon in the municipality of Madera occurred another confrontation when hitmen tried to release three detainees from the authorities, three ex-police.

The members of the State Security Commission of Chihuahua arrested three municipalities of Madera.

Dozens of armed men in 30 trucks fired on elements of the Mexican Army and State Security when they arrested three police officers.

The confrontation was long but the security elements of Chihuahua captured the three policemen and secured two cars, one without plates, black Pontiac and GMC Sierra gray, in whose interiors they found arms and cartridges.

They secured long arms .223 caliber, a .45 pistol, as well as one thousand 120 cartridges of 7.62 x .39 caliber, characteristic of AK-47 weapons.

Armed individuals who unleashed the gunfight against the Army and the State Police, left the place and several fled to the road to Largo Maderal, while others went toward the Dolores mine.

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And then:
Investigates Prosecutor's Office filming of video of shooting in Madera

The Attorney General of the State initiated the investigation of the leak of the video where the confrontation between assassins and policemen in Madera can be appreciated.

FRIDAY 01 SEPTEMBER 2017
13:12
http://tiempo.com.mx/noticia/96731-balacera_madera_ciudad_juarez/1

Ciudad Juárez
The video began circulating through the media yesterday morning where it can be seen when police are shot at by criminals.

The video come from an element of the Attorney General's Office, so they opened the investigation folder to determine who is responsible.

Jorge Nava, prosecutor of the northern zone informed that it is the control department of Internal Affairs who carry out the inquiries to find the person in charge.

At the moment of meeting with the person responsible for disseminating the video, they will sanction it as this is part of the investigation.

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