Government : Drug Gang Shootout Leaves 18 Dead In Mexico

 The gunfight occurred in a faraway region of northwestern Zacatecas nation, stated Rocio Aguilar, a spokeswoman for the nation authorities.

Mexico City, Mexico: A shootout among suspected drug cartels left 18 human beings lifeless Friday in Mexico, a central authority reputable stated.

The gunfight occurred in a faraway region of Zacatecas nation withinside the country's north, stated Rocio Aguilar, a spokeswoman for the nation authorities.

Drug-associated violence has claimed extra than 300,000 lives in Mexico on the grounds that 2006, while the authorities began out deploying federal troops to combat the cartels.

"There have been 18 lifeless, and the disagreement passed off withinside the network of San Juan Capistrano, withinside the municipality of Valparaiso," Aguilar added.

The warfare became among rival gangs preventing over turf, she instructed Milenio TV.

Valparaiso borders Jalisco nation, a stronghold of a effective cartel known as Jalisco Nueva Generacion.

Authorities say the group is waging a violent marketing campaign to take manipulate of drug trafficking routes.

Three vehicles, certainly considered one among them burned-out, have been located on the scene, as properly as "a vast quantity of casings of various calibers," in step with the authorities's Local Coordination Group, in price of safety in Zacatecas.

Local media have mentioned a sequence of shootouts on the grounds that Wednesday, while the our bodies of  law enforcement officials have been located putting from a bridge in Zacatecas.

But Aguilar stated that up to now government have now no longer located a hyperlink among that grisly discover and Friday's gun warfare in Valparaiso.

Mexico's president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, recounted Friday there have been safety issues withinside the region, however stated his management became making development withinside the combat in opposition to crime.

"The nation has the responsibility to assure peace and tranquility, the safety of all citizens," Lopez Obrador stated in his ordinary morning conference.