Nurse and 8-year-old girl dead after troops shot at suspected cartel vehicles near Mexico-U.S. border, residents say
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Human rights activists and relatives in the violent Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo, Texas, blamed the army and National Guard troops in the deaths of a nurse and an 8-year-old girl.
The relatives said over the weekend that the victims were apparently caught in the crossfire of gun battles with suspected drug cartel vehicles being pursued by military patrols. Nuevo Laredo has long been dominated by the ruthless Northeast Cartel, an offshoot of the old Zetas gang.
The Nuevo Laredo Human Rights Committee, an activist group, said in a statement late Sunday that another civilian was killed during another military car chase in the city. The National Guard is a military-trained and led force overseen by the Defense Department.
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