Federal Police kills 6 in shootout in western Mexico

At least six suspected Jalisco Nueva Generacion drug cartel members died in a shootout with police in the western state of Jalisco, leading the gang to block roads, the Federal Police said Sunday. Three federal law enforcement agents were wounded in Saturday's shootout and taken to a hospital in Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco, the agency said. Nemesio Oseguera, the cartel's leader, was arrested in the operation, unconfirmed media reports said. Cartel enforcers closed at least 22 roads in Jalisco after the shootout, the Federal Police said. Gunmen used vehicles to block streets across the Guadalajara metropolitan area and in nearby cities, setting 35 vehicles on fire, Jalisco Government Secretary Victor Manuel Gonzalez said. Five more roads were reported blocked in the early morning hours in the cities of Ixtlahuacan, La Barca, Jamay, Zapotlan del Rey and Tototlan, but state officials have not confirmed these reports. Roads were blocked in Jalisco and neighboring Colima state to "complicate the work of authorities," the Federal Police said. Officers seized four rocket launchers, 10 firearms, ammunition clips and 15 fragmentation grenades at the scene of the shootout, the Federal Police said...more