Zeta killers murder 5 soldiers in shootout.

Sadly it looks like the Zeta's got the better of the army on this one. The lack of coverage of the continuous carngage in Mexico is puzzling.

Five soldiers and a suspected drug cartel enforcer were killed in a shootout in the western state of Michoacan, which has been plagued by drug violence and is the target of a military-led anti-drug offensive.

More than a dozen suspected Zetas — a group of Gulf cartel hitmen that includes former soldiers — opened fire on the troops late Tuesday in Caracuaro, 120 miles west of Mexico City, police spokesman Miguel Covarrubias said Wednesday

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