MEXICO CITY
Five state police officers were killed in the western Mexican state of Jalisco by grenade-throwing gunmen who also fired more than 800 rounds in the attack, authorities said yesterday.
The officers came under fire late Wednesday as they prepared to search a car they had stopped in the town of Lagos de Moreno near the western city of Guadalajara, the Jalisco state public-safety department said in a statement.
An unknown number of assailants arrived in two pickups. Two bystanders were wounded, the department said.
The state public-safety secretary, Luis Carlos Najera, said that authorities suspected the Zetas, an infamous group of hit men tied to the Gulf cartel. The Zetas have a history of aggression against Jalisco police, Najera told the Megaradio station.
Also yesterday, two state police officers were shot to death in their car by gunmen in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas, said Alejandro Pariente, a spokesman for the Chihuahua state prosecutor.
Throughout Mexico this year, more than 3,000 people have been killed in violence attributed to the drug trade.
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