4 killed in clash between Mexican soldiers, suspects

MEXICO CITY – Authorities in northern Mexico said Thursday that four gunmen died in a clash with marines on the outskirts of Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state.

The state police department said the gunmen ambushed the marine patrol Wednesday. It said two other suspects involved in the clash had been arrested, and six rifles and four pistols were seized.

A state government employee who wasn’t authorized to be named said that in a separate incident Wednesday, a man driving a luxury car was shot to death in Culiacan.

Video posted to social media sites by a witness shows a crowd of onlookers gathering around the car where the man lay wounded.

Shouting can be heard telling people to go away, and then a round of gunfire, as the killers apparently came back to finish the victim off.

Local media reported the killers may have been watching the live video feed and returned after realized they hadn’t finished the job.

Sinaloa is home the drug cartel of the same name.

And in the northern border state of Baja California, the army reported soldiers had found 862 pounds (391 kilograms) of methamphetamine in an abandoned truck in a rural area near the coastal city of Ensenada. There were also smaller amounts of cocaine, heroin and fentanyl in the truck.