|
 ARIZPE, Mexico (AP) - Police and Mexican army troops found a body in the search Friday for members of a drug cartel assault force that overran a town near the Arizona border and killed seven people, including five police officers.
Wednesday's invasion of Cananea, about 30 miles south of the U.S. border, by a heavily armed caravan showed the brashness and power of Mexico's ruthless organized crime gangs.
After the attack on Cananea, about 50 assailants fled to the hills pursued by police and army troops. The ensuing gunbattles in the rugged desert mountains outside the nearby town of Arizpe left 16 gunmen dead, including the one whose body was found Friday.
|