A blast and gunfire: Mexico's chopper battle

[WorldNews]

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A blast and gunfire rattled the hamlet in western Mexico where a drug cartel brought down a military helicopter in an intense battle that left three troops dead and three more missing. Witnesses say around a dozen sport-utility vehicles were driving down a dirt road with their lights off early Friday while the helicopter followed closely behind in a rural area of Jalisco state. The war-like scene was the most intense fight in a spasm of violence launched by the Jalisco New Generation Drug Cartel against a military and police operation that was launched against the gang the same day.

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