Police wage gun battle with Mexican gang to save officers

  • Army assault squads and police rescued three kidnapped officers in Mexico
  • The officers took on dozens of heavily armed suspects during rescue showdown
  • Police and military units blasted hundreds of rounds in the daylight shootout 

Army assault squads and police rescued three kidnapped cops from a criminal gang in an astonishing daylight shootout that looked like a video game.

Officers took on dozens of heavily armed suspects in the showdown in Madera, Chihuahua state, in north-western Mexico.

Video footage of the gun battle was filmed by a police officer on a helmet camera.

Armed policemen in a shootout with a criminal group, as they tried to rescue three kidnapped police officers

The footage – now seen by tens of thousands of social media users – shows the police and military units blasting hundreds of rounds at the gang.

At one point the officer filming the confrontation shouts: ‘Save your ammunition, save your ammunition.’

Security forces reportedly saved the three police officers unharmed.

The video from Mexico shows scenes not out of place in a video game. The police officers were unharmed

The video from Mexico shows scenes not out of place in a video game. The police officers were unharmed

Inside two seized vehicles – a black Pontiac and a grey GMC Sierra – police found a small arsenal and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

A .223 caliber rifle , a .45 pistol, and 1,020 rounds of AK-47 Kalashnikov ammunition were reportedly confiscated from the trucks.

Local media reports say the gang members fled after splitting to go their separate ways. 

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