Thirteen alleged drug cartel members were gunned down in a shootout with Mexican police on Monday afternoon in the violence-plagued northwestern state of Sinaloa, according to reports and authorities.

Four people were arrested in addition to those killed after authorities were ambushed by an armed group that was hiding under a bridge in the town of La Brecha, Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch said in a post on X .

Thirteen suspected members of a drug cartel were gunned down in a shootout Monday afternoon with Mexican police in the nation’s violence-riddled northwestern state of Sinaloa. EPA

After the shootout, nine individuals kidnapped by the gang were freed, Harfuch said.

Several vehicles, weapons, and tactical equipment belonging to the members were also secured by police,

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