The Zetas cartel’s boss in Ciudad Victoria, the capital of the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, died in a shootout with army troops, the Defense Secretariat said.
Carlos Alberto Fernandez Hernandez and three associates were killed last Friday, the secretariat said in a statement.
“Mexican army personnel providing public safety support in Tamaulipas were the target of an armed attack by members of an organized crime group” while on a reconnaissance mission in Ciudad Victoria, the secretariat said.
Soldiers responded to the attack “to defend themselves and citizens,” engaging in a shootout “in which four attackers died,” the secretariat said.
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