Major drug-gang shootout leaves 19 dead in northern Mexico
The bloody battle broke out in the border state of Chihuahua, where the Sinaloa and Juarez cartels have been at war
A major shootout between rival drug gangs has killed 19 people in the northern Mexico border state of Chihuahua, officials say.
The state prosecutors’ office said on Saturday that 18 corpses, two grenades, vehicles and guns were found at the scene of the clash in the hamlet of Chuchuichupa the township of Madera.