The 2017 Oaxaca shootout occurred in Oaxaca in 2017 amid the Mexican Drug War. The Jalisco New Generation Cartel trucked 320 gunmen south from Veracruz to take over Oaxaca from the Mexican Federal Police, resulting in a massive shootout with 250 policemen in Oaxaca. The ensuing battle left 140 cartel men and 250 policemen dead, and Oaxaca was temporarily taken over by Jalisco.
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