Miss Sinaloa dies during a shootout

Susana Flores María Gámez, died on Saturday in connection with a clash between the army and a group of alleged gunmen, said today the state attorney Marco Antonio Higuera. Apparently, Flores Gamez, age 20, was traveling in one of the vehicles of the suspected assassins. "I was inside the criminal group, but was not involved in the shooting," said Higuera, in a press conference. Besides Miss Sinaloa, in the clash killed two alleged gunmen and four others were injured, although it is unknown health status, according to the Mexican newspaper "La Jornada '. Flores Gamez was named Miss Sinaloa last February. State beauty titles are a springboard for young Mexican women to the national competitions and, if elected Miss Mexico, to Miss Universe. Miss Sinaloa 2008 Laura Elena Zúñiga, was arrested in December of that year in the state of Jalisco while traveling with suspected drug traffickers in a vehicle they had weapons, ammunition and thousands of dollars. In January 2009 he was acquitted of all charges. Sinaloa is one of Mexico's most violent states, mainly due to the struggle between the various cartels for control of the territory, a must in the drug routes to the United States.

• 2012-11-27T17:11:07+00:00
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