19 killed in Mexico at clandestine rooster fight

Nineteen people are dead after gunmen burst into a clandestine rooster fight in western Mexico

MEXICO CITY -- Nineteen people were killed when gunmen burst into a clandestine rooster fight in western Mexico, prosecutors in the western state of Michoacan said Monday.

The attack occurred late Sunday near the town of Zinapecuaro, Michoacan.

The dead include 16 men and three women, and a number of people were wounded in the attack.

The office said that drug cartels and gangs had been fighting in the area.