Ambush in Culiácan

The World

Police and members of the military on patrol in Culiácan, in northwestern Mexico, were ambushed by cartel members in what’s being called an “all-out war.” The World’s Maria Elena Romero spoke to Culiacan journalist Luis Alberto Díaz about what happened, and she tells host Marco Werman what she learned.

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