Google TranslateIntergang warfare in the streets of a small community in Jalisco has claimed the lives of three narcotics gang members Thursday and an unknown number of wounded, according to Mexican news reports.
Officials say members of Los Zetas criminal gang and the Sinaloa Cartel battled in the streets of Yahualica in the Los Altos region Thursday. The fighting has involved an estimated 60 gunman using 5.57mm pistols, AR-15 and AK-47 assault rifles, and hand grenades.
Witnesses report the gunfights started about 2000 hrs. Thursday night when residents heard the sounds of car chases and gunfire, as armed suspects aboard vehicles chased each other near the intersection of calles Guadalupe Victoria and Vallarta, near the town square. Residents locked themselves inside their homes toe escape the gunfire. Some even hide underneath parked cars. Some reports indicate at least five hand grenades were used in the firefight.
Authorities have counted at least 200 bullet holes in various buildings around Yahualica.
Some reports say the gunfight erupted when one side abducted three unidentified individuals, and apparently got away with their victims.
Officials are not certain of the casualty count because some gangs evacuated their dead and wounded. Local police authorities in Yahualica have not intervened in the fighting, leaving state authorities to patrol the streets.
Since Friday, however, one of the gangs have withdrawn towards Zacatecas in a ten luxury vehicle convoy.