Mexico: Gunbattles near US border kill 2 policemen, 7 attackers

Published November 17, 2014

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities say gunbattles between security forces and armed attackers have killed nine people in two states along the U.S. border.

A news release from the Tamaulipas state government says four attackers died in a gunbattle with marines in the town of San Carlos.

Meanwhile prosecutors in Coahuila say two state police officers and three gunmen are dead in a separate shootout in Torreon.

Also Thursday, federal police announced the capture of the Sinaloa cartel's alleged chief operator in Mexico state, outside the capital.

Suspect Jose Manuel Garcia was allegedly in charge of bribing local officials.

More than 22,700 people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico since late 2006.

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