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This article was translated and reposted from LOS NOTICIERISTAS
WRITTEN BY: MIGUEL URIAS
08/3/2024
Culiacán, Sin.- At least five people were reported dead this Saturday morning, August 3, after a gun battle between armed civilians and personnel of the Secretary of National Defense, in the vicinity of a gas station located in the community of Loma de Redo, Quilá syndicate, south of Culiacán.
Unofficially, it has been reported that the number could increase, since there is talk of up to 9 dead, and according to the information, all of them are civilians who allegedly attacked the military personnel with bullets when they were driving along the main avenue of the community.
According to the information, the attack happened around 5:00 a.m. on Saturday morning, near a gas station, where the roads leading to the community of Oso Viejo and Quilá meet, and according to the information, the gunmen were traveling on board a unit similar to a Volkswagen Amarok pickup truck.
After the confrontation, the federal elements secured a wide perimeter where no one entered or left, which was processed by expert services personnel from the Attorney General’s Office (FGR), who during the corresponding procedures secured as evidence of the events several shell casings and three private vehicles, including a Toyota Tacoma, a Volkswagen Amarok and a Dodge Durango, in which it is presumed that the armed civilians were traveling.