Shootout between gunmen, servicemen kills 9 in Mexico
Eight gunmen dressed up as servicemen and a soldier were killed as a result of a shootout in the western Mexican state of Guerrero, Sputnik reported citing local authorities.
According to Roberto Alvarez Heredia, a spokesman of the coordination group of the Guerrero state, the gunmen attacked the servicemen patrolling the area in the municipality of Teloloapan on late Saturday.
“Two cars colored as military ones, weapons and military uniform
were confiscated at the site,” Heredia wrote on his Facebook page
on Sunday.
The security situation in Mexico remains poor with drug cartels
actively operating in the country. According to the government
statistics, the number of murders committed in Mexico in May was
bigger than in any other month within last 20 years. A total of
2,186 people were killed in Mexico in May.
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