4 Reported Killed, 3 Seriously Hurt in Drug Raid Shoot-Out in Tijuana

At least four people were reported killed and three seriously injured Thursday in an early morning shoot-out between Mexican authorities and suspected drug traffickers.

Authorities released few details. Graciela Ruiz, an agent of the federal judicial police in Tijuana, said officials would not provide details on the shooting until today.

But reporters for El Mexicano, the leading daily in Baja California, learned that four people were killed and three others were wounded in the shoot-out, said Victor Hernandez, the newspaper’s city editor.

The shoot-out occurred early in the morning at a ranch known as Los Olivos, within the Tijuana municipal limits but in a rugged area about 15 miles south of downtown, Hernandez said.

Mexican authorities were reportedly watching the site after receiving information that a large quantity of illicit drugs was being stored there.

In its account for Friday’s editions, Hernandez said, El Mexicano was quoting sources identifying one of those killed as a former chief of the federal police in the Mexican state of Durango.