8 killed in Mexico shootout between National Guard, suspects

Mexico's National Guard said seven gunmen and one of its officers died in a shootout Tuesday in the north-central state of Guanajuato. Authorities said the suspects opened fire on a National Guard patrol on a highway near the city of Irapuato and the officers returned fire. Guanajuato was once considered a relatively peaceful agricultural and industrial state.

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