MEXICO CITY — A shootout near the capital of Mexico’s Sinaloa state killed 19 suspected gang members, while one local cartel leader was arrested, Mexico’s defense ministry said on Tuesday, as intra-ca
rtel violence intensifies. The deadly altercation on Monday took place about 7 miles outside the Sinaloa capital of Culiacan, when a group of more than 30 gunmen fired on soldiers, according to a statement from the ministry. It added that some of the suspected cartel gunmen fled the scene after federal agents returned fire.
22 from Mexico’s national registry of detained persons obtained by Reuters listed an Edwin Antonio Rubio Lopez apprehended by military personnel in Sinaloa Seven vehicles and nearly 30 firearms, including machine guns, ammunition and military-style vests and helmets were also seized.
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