2010-11-19 12:53

MEXICO CITY -- Ten gangsters were killed in two separate shootouts in central Mexico, Mexican broadcaster Milenio reported Thursday.

Five men, suspected members of the Los Zetas drug cartel, were killed in a shootout late Wednesday on the road linking Guadalajara, capital city of the Pacific coast state of Jalisco, and Fresnillo in the central Zacatecas state.

Luis Carlos Najera Gutierrez, head of the Jalisco Public Security Department, said five men were killed and four others were arrested in the incident.

Five AR-15 and four AK-47 assault rifles, a 380-calibre rifle, two shotguns, a rocket launcher, two handguns, as well as three vehicles were seized, he added.

The second incident took place on the road linking the Jalisco town of Colotlan and the Zacatecas town of Tepetongo. Gangsters used rocket launchers and machine guns to attack military vehicles.

The clash left five gangsters dead and at least five vehicles on fire or completely destroyed.