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(CNN) - At least 19 people were killed during an armed confrontation between rival cartel factions in Mexico, the Chihuahua state attorney general's office said in a statement Saturday.
According to the statement, the incident occurred on Friday night in the municipality of Madera in the state of Chihuahua, where authorities, along with the Mexican army, were deployed in an operation after reports of a “possible confrontation between rival illegal groups. organized crime ”.
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Eighteen bodies were found at the site and two wounded were transported for medical attention, where one later died. An investigation is ongoing.
Last month was the deadliest this year and the bloodiest since President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office, with a total of 2,585 murders according to data published by the Mexican government.
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