Gunmen hit army chopper in Mexico, three troops dead

[Bosonic]

Source: AFP

Gunmen fired on a military helicopter in western Mexico on Friday, killing three troops as the aircraft made an emergency landing in a day of violence across drug crime-plagued Jalisco state.

The attack on the Cougar helicopter came as more than a dozen buses and trucks were torched in Guadalajara, Mexico's second biggest city, and a gang clashed with police in the town of Autlan.

Five banks were set on fire in the town of Ciudad Guzman, authorities said.

Authorities have not said who was responsible for the violence, but it came amid an escalation of violence by the Jalisco New Generation Drug Cartel, which killed 20 police officers in two ambushes in March and April.

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[Comrade Grumpy]

1. About 100,000 dead in Mexican drug war violence in the past seven years.

The cartels are prohibition's Frankenstein monster.