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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 844134" data-attributes="member: 12952">Battles, Tanks, Missiles, but no Insurgency in Mexico?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Battles, Tanks, Missiles, but no Insurgency in MexicoWritten by&nbsp; Hannah Stone and Jen SokatchRefugees fleeing towns to escape the fighting, corpses strewn on the&nbsp; road after a battle between rival groups, and combat involving tanks,&nbsp; high-caliber guns, and anti-aircraft missiles — the events of one week&nbsp; have made parts of Mexico seem like full-fledged war zones.On Wednesday, Mexican authorities came upon the aftermath of a battle&nbsp; that had taken place at a crossroads in Nayarit state, on the Pacific&nbsp; coast. At least 28 men lay dead, and four wounded, after what appears to&nbsp; have been a lengthy gun battle between rival factions. Adding to the&nbsp; sense of a country at war, many of the corpses looked like government&nbsp; soldiers, wearing combat uniforms complete with helmets. High-caliber&nbsp; weapons were found scattered around the scene.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 844134, member: 12952"] [B]Battles, Tanks, Missiles, but no Insurgency in Mexico?[/B] [B]Battles, Tanks, Missiles, but no Insurgency in Mexico Written by Hannah Stone and Jen Sokatch[/B] Refugees fleeing towns to escape the fighting, corpses strewn on the road after a battle between rival groups, and combat involving tanks, high-caliber guns, and anti-aircraft missiles — the events of one week have made parts of Mexico seem like full-fledged war zones. On Wednesday, Mexican authorities came upon the aftermath of a battle that had taken place at a crossroads in Nayarit state, on the Pacific coast. At least 28 men lay dead, and four wounded, after what appears to have been a lengthy gun battle between rival factions. Adding to the sense of a country at war, many of the corpses looked like government soldiers, wearing combat uniforms complete with helmets. High-caliber weapons were found scattered around the scene. [/QUOTE]

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