Google TranslateTwo separate shootouts in Durango, Durango has left three dead total including an unidentified Mexican Federal agent and four wounded according to Mexican news accounts.
A Policia Federal unit fought a gun battle with suspected members of the Sinaloa drug cartel Wednesday morning killing two, and ending with the arrest of 13.
An unidentified federal agent died in the gunfight.
The police unit raided a safe house in the Liberacion Social colony near Durango, Durango, and returned fire after suspects opened fire on them with small arms and hand grenades.
One of the two dead suspects was a 13 year old. Spokesman for the Policia Federal, Eduardo Ramon Pequeño Garcia, characterized the deaths as "collateral damage".
One of the detainees was identified as Jesús Manuel Moreno Reyes, alias El Trape, who was a former Durango state police officer. Police say Moreno Reyes was a bagman for Sinaloa extortion and bribery operations in Durango.
Also arrested was Ranulfo Ramirez Ruiz, alias El Guilligan, whom police say was Moreno Reyes' second in command and responsible for weapons and transportation acquisition.
Another former police officer, VÃÂctor Bustamante Juarez, alias El Tinieblas, 42, was arrested as well. Police claim Bustamante Juärez served as a lookout for Sinaloa operations in Durango.
Two unidentified women were also detained, whom police say served as liaisons between local street gangs and Sinaloa cartel operations in Durango.
Federal agents also seized a pickup truck marked as a Policia Federal vehicle, weapons including a Barret .50 caliber rifle, pistols, magazines and ammunition.
A subsequent shootout on boulevard Francisco Villa in Durango between Mexican Federal agents and agents of the Durango state Agencia Estatal de Investigacion (AEI) left four civilians wounded, including one AEI agent, Pablo de la Cruz.
A Polica Federal patrol encountered and attempted to stop an unmarked AEI vehicle. Apparently gunfire was exchanged before the chase ended near the Durango state attorney general's office.