Zeta Cartel Members Killed in Gun Battle

Last Update: 10:55 pm

NUEVO LAREDO, MEXICO - Several Zetas and their boss are reportedly dead after a gun battle in Nuevo Laredo.

Private intelligence agency STRATFOR says the Mexican soldiers got intelligence on where the Zetas and went to track them down.

Several Zeta gunmen fired on the soldiers. Another group launched grenades at the military. Soldiers fired back and killed two cartel members. They arrested three more.

STRATFOR says the Mexican military also fired on cartel vehicles with several gangsters inside trying to get away.

The Mexican military is not yet confirming the gun battle. Nuevo Laredo is controlled by the Zetas, they use the city to smuggle drugs into the US.

http://www.krgv.com/content/news/story/ ... S8vPQ.cspx