Falcon Gun Battle Kills 13

Luckily no fishermen or Americans involved, though the Mexican Navy did lose one. From CNN.com:

> Twelve suspected members of the Zetas drug gang and a member of Mexico’s Navy were killed in a shootout on an island in a lake that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said Monday.

> The Mexican Navy said the shootout occurred Sunday on Falcon Lake, located between Texas and the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, after troops patrolling the area spotted a camping area on an island.

> The suspected drug traffickers used the island for storing marijuana to be transported by boat to the United States, the Navy said in a statement. After the shootout, the Navy said it seized guns, ammunition and bullet-proof vests from the island.
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Got that? Bulletproof vests on an island – meaning those guys are expecting firefights on Falcon. Holy crap! That’s why some Falcon fishermen are packing heat, as formerly posted.