Soldiers kill 7 suspected gang members in northern Mexico gunfight
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MEXICO CITY -- Mexican soldiers killed seven suspected gang members in a weekend gun battle in the north of the country, the Chihuahua state attorney general's office said on Sunday.
According to a statement on the attorney general's website, a convoy of 15 soldiers was passing near the town of La Grulla in Chihuahua state around 2pm local time on Saturday when a group of men opened fire on them.
Five people died at the scene and one more was killed a short distance away, the statement said. Another man was found dead 4km from the scene.
The suspected gang members were wearing bulletproof vests and carrying assault rifles, the statement said.
