At least 12 dead after police officers lured into ambush-style shooting Mexico: "There can be no truce"

Four police officers were shot to death after being drawn into an ambush in western Mexico, and as many as eight suspected attackers were killed in a gun battle with other police who rushed to the site, authorities said Thursday. Luis Joaquín Méndez, chief prosecutor of the western state of Jalisco, said four municipal policemen in the city of El Salto responded to a call late Wednesday about armed men at a house. Once they arrived, a woman answered the door and told them nothing was wrong. But gunmen inside then opened fire on the officers, some of whom were dragged into the home and killed, the prosecutor said. Officials said police reinforcements showed up and engaged in a shootout with the suspects, killing eight and wounding three. Later, the prosecutor's office said nine bodies were found at the house - the four police officers and five suspected gunmen. Three more bodies - two men and a woman - were found at a property nearby, they said.

 Prosecutors said the dead were probably members of a gang that apparently held kidnap victims at one of the properties. Investigators also found the hacked up remains of another man in plastic bags.  

"At this time Mexico is living in, in Jalisco we are clear that there can be no truce against those who have taken away our peace and tranquility," Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro wrote on Facebook.