Gunmen kill 2 police officers in Mexico

MEXICO CITY - Officials say two police officers were shot and killed in northern Mexico when they tried to stop gunmen from kidnapping a family.

State prosecutor Carlos Centeno says the attackers also threw grenades Wednesday at the officers in the city of Torreon. Torreon is in Coahuila state, which borders Texas.

In a separate attack, assailants opened fire and threw grenades at a police station in Guamuchil in the northern state of Sinaloa. No one was injured.

More than 2,700 soldiers and federal agents were sent Tuesday to Sinaloa as part of a crackdown on drug-related violence.

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