10 suspected traffickers killed in southern town

Ten suspected drug traffickers and a soldier were killed in gun battles in the southern Mexican town of Arcelia.

The violence began with a shootout between two rival gangs that left one dead, according to a statement from Guerrero state’s Public Safety Department. Nine more, and the soldier, were killed in a subsequent confrontation between troops and police and heavily armed men traveling in 10 cars.

In Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, six people were killed when assailants opened fire inside a pool hall, officials said.

And in Michoacan state, soldiers found at least eight bodies Saturday in a shallow grave. The corpses had been cut into pieces and burned, Mexico’s Defense Department said in a statement.