A shootout between warring Mexico cartels has left 16 individuals lifeless.
Prison teams confronted off in a mountainous area of Guerrero state on Thursday morning.
The realm has turn into a battleground in recent times as cartels search to increase their territory.
Native police had been additionally caught up within the assault, with two officers killed and 4 injured, Mexico’s defence ministry stated.
The remaining 14 lifeless had been presumed members of legal teams and 11 individuals had been arrested.
The Nationwide Guard additionally responded and three navy officers had been wounded, the defence ministry added.
It comes because the US has been pushing Mexico to step up its efforts to sort out drug trafficking, whereas Mexico has pressured Washington to do extra to stop the stream of weapons to legal teams throughout the border.
