A huge gun fight between government forces and suspected drug cartel members in western Mexico has left at least 44 people dead.
Local officials say almost all of those killed were suspected criminals.
Sources claim the shooting started when a convoy of federal police and soldiers were ambushed in the border region between Michoacan and Jalisco states，... an area that has been plagued by gang violence in recent years.
The region is a known stronghold of the Jalisco New Generation drug cartel， which has launched several attacks on federal and state forces over the past few weeks.
