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Thursday, 6 January 2011

Three killed including one officer in series of attacks in drug-plagued north Mexico

Mexican Drug Cartels' Main Areas of InfluenceAt least 3 people were killed, including a traffic official, while 2 police officers were injured in a series of attacks in the country's drug-plagued northern state of Nuevo Leon, officials said Wednesday.

The first incident occurred at around 5:30 p.m. local time in the small town of Santiago, Nuevo Leon, when a group of gunmen carrying AR-15 and AK-47 rifles attacked two men traveling on a truck. No further details were available, but the two men reportedly died during the attack.