Mexican police, soldiers slain by gangs

MEXICO CITY, July 11 (UPI) -- Several Mexican police officers and soldiers were gunned down in seven cities Saturday in what officials said were attacks by drug traffickers.

CNN reported the coordinated attacks left three federal officers and two soldiers dead and six police officers wounded.

The government-run news agency Notimex said assailants armed with rifles and grenades struck in the Michoacan state cities of Morelia, Zitacuaro, Zamora, Lazaro Cardenas, Apatzingan, La Piedad and Huetama, the U.S. news network reported.

The attacks followed the recent capture of a high-ranking member of the drug gang La Familia (The Family), CNN said.