13 suspected drug cartel members killed in shootout with Mexican police, 9 kidnapping victims freed

13 suspected drug cartel members killed in shootout with Mexican police, 9 kidnapping victims freed


Thirteen alleged drug cartel members were gunned down in a shootout with Mexican police on Monday afternoon in the violence-plagued northwestern state of Sinaloa, according to reports and authorities.

Four people were arrested in addition to those killed after authorities were ambushed by an armed group that was hiding under a bridge in the town of La Brecha, Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch said in a post on X.

Law enforcement at the scene of a police ambush in Aguililla, Michoacán, Mexico.

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