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Reuters reports:

A suspected member of the Caballeros Templarios, a new spin-off cartel in Mexico's Michoacan state linked to the Gulf Cartel, and a soldier were killed after gunmen opened fire on a convoy of patrolling soldiers, according to local media.

Leovigildo Gonzalez / Reuters

The body of a gunman lies in the woods after a shootout with soldiers in Zirahuen, near Morelia, Mexico, on August 24.

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