Mexico's Drug War: The Battle for Culiacán

Bullet holes pierce a wall at the scene of a shoot out where seven federal policemen were killed in a botched raid. One narco was killed, but the rest of the gang escaped.
Photographs by Anthony Suau for TIME

Aftermath
Bullet holes pierce a wall at the scene of a shootout where seven federal policemen were killed in a botched raid. One narco was killed, but the rest of the gang escaped.

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