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Clashes with firearms, blocked roads and burning vehicles paralyzed the city of Matamoros on Friday night , Tamaulipas.
For the second time in a week, the city registered a general escalation of violence after the confrontation
The first armed confrontation between state police and armed members of organized crime was registered at the south of the city near the 20: 30 hours in the neighborhood of Paseo Residencial and Colonia Mariano Matamoros, on Calle de Mexicali.
The armed events spread to 6th street in the city center , right in front of the Plaza Fiesta shopping center on Pedro Cárdenas avenue.
On this site, people who Mine in a fast food franchise had to throw themselves on the floor and seek protection between the tables from the detonations registered, according to some videos uploaded to social networks.
The authorities also reported detonations with weapons in the Fraccionamiento Victoria and in the Buenavista neighborhood.
Armed men blocked Sendero Nacional avenue with vehicles, as in some sectors of the sixth street.
Those attending a circus show installed on Manuel Cavazos Lerma boulevard, had to jump into the ground for protection from fear of being hit by bullets.
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