Video: Commando Convoy Reynosa preempts a day of shootouts and chases

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat sent in by "Noah" thank you👏 facebook,twitter, zocalo

A commando convoy of 14 or more vehicles driving around Reynosa, Tamaulipas on Carretera Ribereña [ highway 2], a main highway. [other reports say SMA from Monday followed by today in Reynosa]

A prolonged shooting in neighborhoods of Reynosa this morning and with a confrontation yesterday afternoon in Miguel Aleman, the cell of a criminal group clashed against rival groups who want to displace them from the Ribereña region and Reynosa.  There were several hour long chases and shootouts throughout the day.

The first reports of shootings began to spread in networks at 2:30AM, the groups used radio communication to warn the population of the “situations at risk”  in diverse points of the city, urging citizens that may be out to seek shelter.

The points of greatest conflict were the streets of the Industrial Park of the North, where even vehicles burned to create a blockade and  the main avenue (Technological).

On social networks users  reported shootings also in Libramiento Sur Uno (Matamoros-Reynosa-Monterrey pass) to the Periférico plaza, in the surrounding neighborhoods.

The videos in networks of detonations were broadcast in the morning, the most intense shootings were in colonias of  La Renacimiento, San Pedro, Los Muros, San Jose, La Cima, Boulevard Hidalgo, Colonia Las Fuentes and Aztlán.  

Around 8 AM the Forensic Medical Service picked up a dead subject on 14th Street in the Aztlán-Fuentes neighborhood.

In the afternoon, around 1:00 pm, there were persecutions and shootings in the Pirámides neighborhood, behind Hospital 270 of IMSS, and towards the Libramiento Sur Dos, also between rival groups, without the intervention of military or public security corporations.

Mexico Highway 2 runs parallel to the border. This highway is not patrolled by the Federal government and is extremely dangerous during the day and more so after dark due to Narco "ownership" of the route. For safety, it is to be avoided. The better option is to use the toll road, Highway 40.

Caravana de un comando armado, circulando por la carretera ribereña, de #Reynosa hacia el poblado Los #Guerra, esos son los vehículos que te encuentras por  esa carretera todos los días.. #ReynosaFollow CC @julioastillero #Matamoros #MiguelAlemán pic.twitter.com/T6ymrKMrck

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