Gun Battle In Mexico
(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter—Copyright)
ACAPULCO, November 28.
Eleven persons died today in a “shoot-out” between police and rustlers in Mexico's “lawless territory,” where the gun law of the old West still prevails.
The dead included Juan Cano Iniguez, head of the rustling gang, three of his men, five policemen and two small children hit by stray bullets in the gun duel. Six other persons were wounded seriously. Authorities said the “shootout” began when a police patrol surrounded the rustlers in the village of Tunas, about 20 miles from Acapulco, and the bandits refused to surrender. The gun-battle lasted more than two hours. The dead children and the wounded were villagers hit by accident in the crossfire from pistols, rifles and tommyguns.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31230, 30 November 1966, Page 5
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