Fox News - The Mexican army said Monday 11 suspected drug cartel members were killed and a soldier wounded in a shootout just south of the Texas border. Soldiers began engaging with the gunmen Saturday after they opened fire from a building where they had holed up in city of Valle Hermoso, south of Brownsville, Texas, the Defense Department said in a news release. The army patrol later seized the building, finding 11 dead gunmen and 73 rifles inside. Two suspects were arrested. The wounded soldier was taken to a hospital for treatment. His condition was unknown. The Gulf and Zetas drug cartels operate in the area. Read full story here: News New Mexico
More Drug Cartel Violence on Border
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Jim Spence
on Monday, December 12, 2011
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