Mexico City, Mexico: A shootout between suspicions of drug cartels left 18 people dead Friday in Mexico, said a government official.
The gunman occurred in a remote area of Zacatecas state in the north of the country, said Rocio Aguilar, spokesman for the state government.
Drug-related violence has affirmed more than 300,000 lives in Mexico since 2006, when the government began to implement federal troops to combat posters.
“There were 18 dead, and confrontation occurred in the community of San Juan Capistrano, in the municipality of Valparaíso,” Aguilar added.
The battle was among the rival gangs that fought on the lawn, he told him to Millenio TV.
Valparaíso border The state of Jalisco, a fortress of a powerful poster called Jalisco Nueva Generation.
The authorities say that the gang is freeing a violent campaign to take control of drug trafficking routes.
Three vehicles, one of them burned, were found at the scene, as well as “a significant number of covers of different calibers,” according to the government’s local coordination group, in charge of security in Zacatecas.
Local media have reported a series of shooting from Wednesday, when the bodies of two police officers were hanging from a bridge in Zacatecas.
But Aguilar said that, until now, the authorities have not found a bond between that summary and the Battle of Arms on Fridays in Valparaíso.
The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, he recognized on Friday, there were security problems in the region, but said that the administration of him was advancing in the fight against crime.
“The State has the obligation to guarantee peace and tranquility, the safety of all citizens,” said López Obrador in his usual morning conference.
He said the government was “making an effort” in Zacatecas, as well as other states with problems.