Fifteen people were killed and at least one seriously wounded in a suspected drug-related shoot-out in a bar in northern Mexico.
On Friday night armed men entered the bar in Chihuahua, capital of Chihuahua state, and opened fire on various people inside who were suspected of involvement in drug dealing, the local attorney general’s office said.
A local press agency said two of the men killed were journalists, adding to the media casualties from Mexico’s rampant gang violence. The attorney general’s office also said two other people were shot dead in a separate bar attack in the city, bringing Friday’s death toll to 17.
Gang violence and clashes with security forces have killed over 50,000 people in Mexico over five years.
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– (Reuters)