The 2017 Cuernavaca shootout occurred in Morelos in 2017 during the Mexican Drug War. The Jalisco New Generation Cartel moved 160 gunmen from Veracruz to Morelos to recapture the turf from the Mexican Federal Police who had garrisoned the region, resulting in a shootout in the city of Cuernavaca. The CJNG captured the city with 120 losses, and they seized $360,000.
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