Mexican authorities denied the violence taking place in the northern part of Tamaulipas. Hours later, they deployed more than 700 military soldiers and national guardsmen to the region.
, rival factions of the Gulf Cartel from the border cities of Matamoros and Reynosa went to war last week and sent large convoys of gunmen that included dozens of SUVs — several of those vehicles being armored.
The violence was heightened by a shift in alliance with the Old School Zetas from San Fernando switching sides from the Matamoros faction to supporting the Reynosa or Metros faction. Tamaulipas government officials have also been denying the arrival of gunmen from Cartel Jalisco New Generation despite the appearance of various armored trucks with the cartel’s letters painted on the side. Authorities recovered the vehicles after an intense shootouts.
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