12 held in Mexican soldier’s death
The Mexican army over the weekend released more details into a shooting that killed one soldier and wounded another near the community of LeBaron in northwestern Chihuahua.
Infantry soldier Carlos Alberto Vazquez Gonzalez died and Cpl. Pablo Santos Romero was wounded in a confrontation during an army night patrol about 11 p.m. Thursday near Las Tortugas ranch.
Officials with Joint Operation Chihuahua said in a statement that soldiers saw a pickup that began driving with its lights off when its occupants noticed an army patrol.
The patrol split into two with one vehicle going on a dirt road while another parked by the ranch. A total of five gunshots were then fired at soldiers, officials said. A search lead to the arrest of five men and seven women and the seizure of two vehicles, three rifles and a handgun.
Among the arrested are Daniel and Oscar Lebaron Gonzalez and Ryan Antonio Lebaron Liddiard.
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