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Soldiers firing during shootout at mall in Mazatlan, Sinaloa 
Its so sad to report news of such violence in my country. Mazatlan is the place where I spent my early childhood, and came back to live to,after spending some time in N.Y city. The crime in N.Y was very high during the late 70"s so Mazatlan was a haven of peace to me. I never experienced or was even near such violence in N.Y. I met my husband years later, so there are many beautiful memories of the place in my mind and heart. Two years ago in December I was at the Gran Plaza and ate at the restaurant area wheree the shootout took place. you can see the video at the following link:
Panic overtakes Mazatlan, the violent events cause tension in different parts of the northern port
Se apodera el pánico de Mazatlán Los hechos violentos en el Centro Comercial provoca tensión en diversos puntos del puerto Noroeste / Redacción
Gunmen killed eight youths and a police chief and took dozens of restaurant patrons hostage for hours in two attacks in the drug gang-ridden state of Sinaloa, officials said on Sunday.
A group of hitmen sprayed four cars with bullets on a busy street in the city of Guamuchil in the early hours of Sunday, killing five young men and three female minors, a police source told Reuters.
In an earlier attack on Saturday, six other armed men caused pandemonium in the Pacific port city of Mazatlan by taking refuge in a shopping mall to escape security forces after they shot dead local police chief Sixto Escobedo when he resisted their attempt to kidnap him.
The attackers, dressed in police uniforms, took some 40 people hostage in a restaurant inside the mall while they negotiated their escape with police.
Drug gang killings in Mexico have soared to unprecedented levels, with some 1,700 people dead so far this year, as an army-led crackdown intensifies turf wars between rival gangs, whose hitmen are increasingly taking their battles public with daylight shootouts in busy streets.
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