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FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2025
Shootout leaves nine dead in Mexico

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BSS/AFP
24 October, 2019, 02:40 pm
Last modified: 24 October, 2019, 02:50 pm

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Shootout leaves nine dead in Mexico

Several organized crime groups dedicated to trafficking drugs operate in the area and often clash over control of supply routes

BSS/AFP
24 October, 2019, 02:40 pm
Last modified: 24 October, 2019, 02:50 pm
Drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted by soldiers during a presentation in Mexico City, January 8, 2016/ Reuters
Drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted by soldiers during a presentation in Mexico City, January 8, 2016/ Reuters

Nine people have been killed in southern Mexico in a shootout between two groups using high-powered weapons, authorities said Thursday.

Several organized crime groups dedicated to trafficking drugs operate in the area and often clash over control of supply routes.

The confrontation occurred Wednesday on a highway in a rural area in the state of Guerrero, the local attorney's office said in a statement.

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"The deceased are close to Zenen Nava Sanchez, leader of the criminal group Los Rojos," it said, adding an investigation had been launched into the incident.

A long-running dispute for territory between Los Rojos and a rival gang has left more than a thousand people dead and centered on a town some ten kilometers from where the firefight took place, according to local media.

Experts at the site retrieved 50 bullets used in high-caliber weapons like the AK-47 assault rifle.

Last month, 15 people including a soldier were killed in the same state after gunmen attacked security forces.

The violence underlined the struggles of leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to rein in crime since he took office last December.

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