Mexico City, Jan 20 (EFE).- Five gunmen were killed and a passerby was wounded in a shootout with police in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, state prosecutors said Tuesday.
The shootout occurred Monday afternoon in the city of Piedras Negras after police received calls from residents reporting that several armed men were sitting in vehicles in the Luis Donaldo Colosio district, the Coahuila Attorney General's Office said.
The gunmen opened fire on state police officers as they arrived on the scene, setting off the shootout, the AG's office said in a statement.
Five gunmen were killed and a woman walking nearby was wounded in the shootout.
Police seized two vehicles and five firearms, the AG's office said.
