A shootout between rival Mexican drug gangs may have prompted the attack that left nine U.S. citizens dead, authorities say
MEXICO CITY—Mexican authorities investigating the killing of nine U.S. citizens on a road in northwestern Mexico said that a shootout between two rival drug gangs earlier that day might have prompted the attack.
Defense Ministry chief of staff Gen. Homero Mendoza said at a press conference on Wednesday that an armed confrontation took place early Monday in Agua Prieta, Sonora, between members of La Línea drug gang in Chihuahua and Los Salazar gang in Sonora.
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