President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador defended his strategy Tuesday for fighting the violent crime wracking
Mexico, as relatives mourned 13
police officers killed in an ambush claimed by a powerful drug cartel, while a separate shootout left 15 dead.
Meanwhile on Tuesday, 14 civilians and a soldier were killed in the southern state of Guerrero after a group of armed civilians attacked security forces, state security spokesman Roberto Alvarez told AFP.
The shootout in the southern state where drug gangs violently defend trafficking routes began when an anonymous caller told authorities that an armed group was present in the Tepochica community of the Iguala municipality, the spokesperson said.