Seven Mexican state police officers and four gunmen died in a clash on Monday in the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa. The officers were traveling on a road near .
The latest in a series of clashes between Mexican authorities and a powerful, fast-growing drug cartel turned into the deadliest confrontation in recent memory, .
At least 43 people died Friday in what authorities described as a fierce, three-hour gunbattle between federal forces and suspected drug gang gunmen on a .
Dozens of people are reported to have been killed in a large-scale firefight when federal forces came under attack in a region of western Mexico dominated by .