By Allan Lengel
ticklthewire.com
Violence just across the Mexican border continues in a big, scary way.
The Associated Press reports that 21 people were killed and at least six others were wounded in Mexico Thursday in a gun battle between gangs just 12 miles from the border near Arizona.
AP reported that the area the town of Nogales is a prime area for immigrant and drug smuggling.
The Sonora state Attorney General’s Office said police captured nine people at the scene. Six had been wounded in the shootout.
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