Mexico's Sinaloa state probing killing of 14 people, prosecutors say


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  • Friday, 15 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: Federal forces guard the perimeter of a scene following a shootout where several suspected gang members were killed while one local cartel leader was arrested, on the outskirts of Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico October 22, 2024. REUTERS/Jose Betanzos/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The prosecutor's office of Mexico's Sinaloa state is investigating the killing of some 14 people, whose bodies were found around the city of Culiacan, it said in a statement on Thursday.

Mexico has suffered a recent wave of violence with hundreds killed in intra-cartel warfare in Sinaloa, as well as massacres in other states such as Queretaro where 10 people were killed in a bar over the weekend.

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