3 police officers, 4 cartel suspects killed in shootouts in Mexico across the border from Texas

Three state police officers and four drug cartel suspects were killed in a running series of shootouts in the northern Mexico border state of Tamaulipas, across the border from Texas, officials said Wednesday.

Another five police officers were wounded in the series of confrontations along highways around the town of San Fernando, Tamaulipas.

Drug cartel gunmen set up road blockades and attacked police patrols in the area Tuesday, and later in the day again attacked a funeral convoy of cars accompanying the body of one of the victims in the first attack.