Seven individuals are {dead}, together with one soldier, following a shootout between gunmen and troops in rural western Mexico
MEXICO CITY — A shootout in rural western Mexico between gunmen and armed forces troops killed seven folks, together with one soldier, authorities in Michoacán state mentioned Tuesday.
The confrontation occurred Monday when a military patrol got here underneath assault close to the city of Ciudad Hidalgo, state Inside Minister Carlos Torres mentioned.
Torres mentioned eight suspects had been detained.
Native media reported the attackers could also be members of the Jalisco drug cartel. Jalisco has been preventing a years-long territorial battle in opposition to native gangs in Michoacán.
In the meantime within the close by metropolis of Zamora, Michoacán, police arrested three males on Tuesday for illegally transporting a lion. Drug capos steadily preserve tigers, lions and jaguars as pets, and generally feed their rivals to them.