10 alleged gunmen killed in Mexican army shootout (AP)

MORELIA, Mexico ? Mexican authorities say 10 people have been killed in a shootout with soldiers in the western state of Michoacan.

State prosecutors' spokesman Jonathan Arredondo says the Mexican army was patrolling a small town outside the city of Patzcuaro when soldiers came under fire and returned shots.

Arredondo says a woman was among the 10 killed.

The Mexican army has sealed off the shooting scene.

Michoacan is the state where President Felipe Calderon launched his armed offensive against organized crime in 2006. Much of the violence has been attributed to pseudo-religious drug cartel La Familia and more recently to an offshoot, The Knights Templar.

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