On 1 July 2010, members of two rival cartels clashed near the village of Sáric, in Mexico's northwestern state of Sonora, approximately 12 miles southeast of the little-used port of entry in Sasabe, Arizona. Local news media and officials in the Mexican government reported that the violence was the result of an ambush, organized by a group aligned with the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel to stop a convoy of over 50 vehicles of the Sinaloa Cartel from entering Saric. The Beltrán-Leyva group took up positions on a hill along the road outside of Saric, and as the convoy approached, laid down a devastating barrage of fire into the convoy below. Shortly after the fighting ended, Mexican police and military arrived to find the bodies of 21 dead and several bullet-strewn vehicles, mostly SUVs. Nine men were taken into police custody, six of whom received wounds in the shootout.[1][2]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sonora clash was part of ongoing turf battle between two major drug cartels". Nogales International. 2010-07-02. http://www.nogalesinternational.com/news/developing_story/sonora-clash-was-part-of-ongoing-turf-battle-between-two/article_2753ae87-f026-5233-b991-de78c683956d.html. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
- ↑ "29 Gunmen Dead In Shootout 12 Miles From The Arizona Border". BordrlandBeat. 2010-07-02. http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/07/29-gunmen-dead-in-shootout-12-miles.html. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
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