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At least 11 police officers were killed in an armed attack in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero on Monday, authorities said.
Unidentified criminals attacked a patrol of the security forces in the municipality of Cojuca de Benitez. Those killed in the attack are municipal police officers, prosecutor Alejandro Hernandez said.
The motive for the massacre is still under investigation.
Authorities said a senior state security official was in the convoy at the time of the attack.
Mexico has been in the midst of a cartel-related bloodbath that has killed more than 420,000 people since the government deployed the military in 2006 to fight the drug trade.
The state of Guerrero is one of the most violent areas in Mexico, with clashes between rival drug traffickers and security forces.
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