On 1 July 2010, members of two rival cartels clashed near the village of Sáric, in Mexico's northwestern state of Sonora, approximately 12 miles southeast of the little-used port of entry in Sasabe, Arizona. Local news media and officials in the Mexican government reported that the violence was the result of an ambush, organized by a group aligned with the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel to stop a convoy of over 50 vehicles of the Sinaloa Cartel from entering Saric. The Beltrán-Leyva group took up positions on a hill along the road outside of Saric, and as the convoy approached, laid down a devastating barrage of fire into the convoy below. Shortly after the fighting ended, Mexican police and military arrived to find the bodies of 21 dead and several bullet-strewn vehicles, mostly SUVs. Nine men were taken into police custody, six of whom received wounds in the shootout.[1][2]
| 2010 Sáric shootout | |||||
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| Part of the Mexican Drug War | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| Beltrán-Leyva Cartel | Sinaloa Cartel | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
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21 killed 6 wounded[1] | |||||
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References
edit- ^ a b "Sonora clash was part of ongoing turf battle between two major drug cartels". Nogales International. 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
- ^ "29 Gunmen Dead In Shootout 12 Miles From The Arizona Border". BordrlandBeat. 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2016-03-12.