Mexican Officials Say 37 Killed After Police Ambush

Dozens of people are reported to have been killed in a large-scale firefight when federal forces came under attack in a region of western Mexico dominated by drug cartels. Officials said that a convoy of federal police and soldiers were ambushed near the border of Michoacán and Jalisco states. Two government sources told the Reuters news agency that 37 armed civilians – presumably cartel gunmen – were killed in the confrontation. The identity of the gunmen was not known, but the area between Michoacan and Jalisco is known as a stronghold of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which has mounted several large-scale attacks on federal and state forces in recent weeks.