An attack on a police convoy in the western Mexico state of Jalisco killed 15 state police officers and wounded five, marking the deadliest single attack on police in Mexico in recent memory, Fox News reported on its website.
The ambush in a rural area of Jalisco left police vehicles riddled with bullet holes. It was the largest death toll in a single attack on law enforcement since 12 federal police officers were killed in neighboring state of Michoacan in 2010.
The Jalisco state prosecutors' office said several officers had been hit in the shootout late Monday in a rural area as the police convoy traveled between the Pacific coast resort of Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara, the state capital.
Jalisco is home to a drug cartel known as "Jalisco New Generation," which experts say is now among Mexico's most powerful. Prosecutors would not confirm the gang was involved in the attack, but it was hard to imagine any rival gang launching such a large attack on Jalisco's home turf.