{"id":505,"date":"2019-12-02T20:37:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T20:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=505"},"modified":"2019-12-02T20:37:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T20:37:36","slug":"mexico-has-morphed-into-a-drug-lord-controlled-narco-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=505","title":{"rendered":"Mexico Has Morphed Into a Drug Lord-Controlled Narco State"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cartel vs. cops gun battle leaves 14 dead, and Mexican town pocked with bullets<\/h1>\n

By Laura Italiano
\nNew York Post<\/p>\n

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An hour-long cartel versus cops gun battle left 14 dead and a Mexican town looking like a bullet-pocked war zone on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Four of those who died were cops after a truck convoy carrying suspected cartel members rolled into a town in Coahuila state, officials said.<\/p>\n

Photos from Villa Union, a town of 3,000 residents about an hour drive southwest of Eagle Pass, Texas, show the front, side, and back of the town\u2019s municipal building strafed by gunfire.<\/p>\n

Another photo shows a bullet-damaged, partially-wrecked pickup truck with Texas plates. On the truck\u2019s driver\u2019s side door can be seen the letters C. D. N. \u2014 which stands in Spanish for Cartel of the Northeast.<\/p>\n

It was unclear what may have prompted the armed group to storm the town.<\/p>\n

Security forces will remain in the town for several days to restore a sense of calm, the governor said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese groups won\u2019t be allowed to enter state territory,\u201d the government of Coahuila said in a statement.<\/p>\n

With Post wires<\/em><\/p>\n

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