Shootout kills 16 gunmen, 2 soldiers in Acapulco; tourists cower in hotels

ACAPULCO, Mexico — It was a shootout straight from Hollywood in the former playground of its biggest stars: Outlaws holed up in a hillside mansion fought heavily armed Mexican soldiers with a rain of gunfire and grenades that had tourists cowering in hotels nearby.

Mexican military official: Shootout kills 15 gunmen, 1 soldier in Acapulco

ACAPULCO, Mexico — It was a shootout straight from Hollywood in the former playground of its biggest stars: Masked and heavily armed Mexican soldiers battled outlaws holed up in a cliffside mansion in a four-hour shootout that had tourists cowering in hotels nearby.