Eight gunmen were killed by Mexican army patrols on the 16th August 2011.
From google translate: Tacambaro, Mich.-August 16, 2011.-The Mexican army patrols continued through this point of the entrance to the Tierra Caliente of Michoacán, after that intense shooting that occurred Tuesday morning in a convoy between members organized crime and military, eight gunmen were killed by those who claimed an arsenal and a luxury vehicle that manned. His accomplices who were in two vans again, leaving his companions fled in zafarrancho that occurred when soldiers repelled the attack action that claimed eight assault rifles, four pistols exclusive use of the army and armed forces, more than two thousand bullets of different calibers, supplied more than 40 magazines for assault rifles and pistols, among other objects cone trimmings and radio communication. It all started at the edge of 5:00 am on Tuesday when staff assigned to the Fifth Infantry Company Framed (CINE), attached to the military zone 21, on patrol inspection and monitoring by the road-Tacámbaro Tecario. Upon reaching a curve in the vicinity of the community known as The White went to step three luxury SUVs over twenty gunmen armed with assault rifles and high powered guns attacking shot at the soldiers. When the militia repulsed the attack, two of the three trucks the gunmen fled, one to the other to Tacámbaro Tecario, leaving eight of their companions in confronting the military. After half an hour of shooting, were killed eight suspects, three of the Prosecutor's jurisdiction and staff of the PGJE disservice expert, arrived on the scene, to initiate the first actions in the file 89/2011-AEH-III -2. Six of the alleged gunmen are not identified, however two of them by their voting credentials the prosecutor was found that integrates the actions, saying they were apatzinguenses, one with the name of Zaragoza Banjamín Lagunas, 34 years old, residing College Street in San Nicolas Generalissimo Fractionation 126 of Morelos and the other named Victor Lopez Benitez, 26, a neighbor of the Arcos de Zacatecas Street 529, Colonia Los terracalentana Arquitos in this population. They also were found in total 28 000 265 dollars in bills of different denominations. According to the military part of which were made ??available to the State Attorney's eight bodies of the gunmen, weapons, vehicles and other objects, one of the suspects managed to escape by running penetrating avocado orchard, as well mentioned document, the Army in this skirmish had no casualties.