It is believed that he had liberated five members of Los Zetas who had been detained during the armed confrontation. The vehicle the drug traffickers were in then caught on fire, and two of the gunmen were burned to death. The triggermen in the two vehicles then engaged in a gunfight with the AFI for minutes, but one of the vehicles collided with a police truck. During the chase, five armed men in another vehicle shot at the police convoy. But authors like Ioan Grillo and Sylvia Longmire note that Mexico's drug war actually began at the end of Vicente Fox 's administration in when the first major battle took place in Nuevo Laredo between the Sinaloa Cartel and Los Zetaswho at that time worked as the armed wing of the Gulf Cartel.Ĭonsequently, the AFI officers followed the truck with seven of their vehicles, triggering a shootout between the police officers and alleged drug traffickers. Most media reports that write about the Mexican Drug Warhowever, point to as the start of the drug war. The drug-violence in Nuevo Laredo began back inwhen the city was controlled by the Gulf Cartel.
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