13 killed in clash on Falcon Lake at U.S.-Mexico border

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13 killed in clash on Falcon Lake at U.S.-Mexico border

Source: cbs/AP

MEXICO CITY - Mexican marines patrolling Falcon Lake, which straddles the Texas-Mexico border, discovered a drug gang camp on an island, provoking a gun-battle that left 13 people dead, Mexico's navy said Monday.

One marine and 12 suspected gunmen of the Zetas drug cartel were killed in the exchange Sunday on Falcon Lake, a dammed section of the Rio Grande which gained attention when U.S. citizen David Hartley was presumably chased and gunned down there by pirates last Sept. 30.

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Tue May-10-11 01:42 PM
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2. Sounds like the Mexican Marines gave a good account of themselves. nt

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