12 killed in shootout in Mexican border city
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Authorities say 12 people have been killed in running gun battles between soldiers and suspected drug-cartel gunmen in the northern Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo.
The federal Interior Department says in a statement that the dead include nine suspects, two civilians and one soldier. Twenty-one people - including three children caught in the crossfire - were wounded in the gunfights Friday in which hit men blocked streets with hijacked vehicles. (AP)
