Mexican official: About 40 dead in shootout in cartel area
Source: AP
MEXICO CITY (AP) — About 40 people were killed in large-scale firefight Friday between law enforcement and criminal suspects in western Mexico, a Mexican official said.
Almost all the dead were suspected criminals, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.
The gunbattle happened in an area between Michoacan and Jalisco states that is known as a stronghold of the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel, which has mounted several large-scale attacks on federal and state forces in recent weeks. A federal police official said the country's top security officials were en route to assess what happened.
While there was no immediate confirmation on the identity of the suspects, Michoacan Gov. Salvador Jara told local media "the likeliest thing is" the Jalisco cartel was involved in the shootout.
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