2 state police officers, 6 others die in southern Mexico gunbattle during kidnap investigation
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Mexican authorities say two state police officers and six other people are dead following a gunfight in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero.
State prosecutors spokesman Randy Suastegui says gunmen fired on state police who were responding to a reported kidnapping Thursday afternoon near Ometepec.
Suastegui says the police encountered the suspected kidnappers on the highway and pursued them around 1:30 p.m.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}It is not immediately clear what happened to the kidnap victim.