- The soldiers were on patrol in the community of Miguel Aleman on the Texas border when they were attacked by “armed civilians.”
At least 12 gunmen were killed by the Mexican army in a shootout near the US border, officials said.
The soldiers were on patrol in the community of Miguel Aleman on the Texas border when they were attacked by “armed civilians” hiding in the bush, the Tamaulipas state security service said in a statement published on X.
According to AFP, the gunmen were suspected members of a drug cartel.
The agency did not respond to questions about whether soldiers were killed or injured in the shooting.
According to authorities, there are various organized crime groups in Tamaulipas state whose main activities include human smuggling and drug trafficking.
At least 12 gunmen were killed by the Mexican army in a shootout in Mexico near the US border, officials said. Border guards stand in front of the Rio Grande and a suburb of the Mexican city of Ciudad Miguel Aleman
In the state of Tamaulipas there are various organized crime groups whose main activities include human smuggling and drug trafficking. A smuggler prepares to transport young migrants to the United States from the banks of the Rio Grande in Ciudad Miguel Aleman
Officials said they seized 12 long guns, cartridges and magazines of various calibers.
The army reportedly used drones and a helicopter in the operation.
No further information has been released and as of Monday no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Last September, a gang of gunmen attacked a convoy of vehicles traveling from Miguel Aleman to Roma, Texas, injuring three people, including Americans.
The State Department issued a travel advisory for Tamaulipas last year.
Last month, Mexican marines captured one of the top leaders of the Gulf drug cartel, the gang that kidnapped four Americans and killed two of them in March 2023.
The four Americans traveled from Texas to the border city of Matamoros so one of them could undergo cosmetic surgery. They were shot at in downtown Matamoros and then loaded into a pickup truck.
Americans Zindell Brown and Shaeed Woodard died in the attack; Eric Williams and Latavia McGee survived. Most of them had grown up together in the small town of Lake City, South Carolina. A Mexican woman, Areli Pablo Servando, 33, was also killed, apparently by a stray bullet.
At least a dozen gunmen were killed by the Mexican army in a shootout in northern Mexico near the Texas border