14 died in gun-battles between two drug gangs in Chihuahua, Mexico

In Mexico, at least 14 people were dead in a series of raging gun-battles between two drug gangs in the northern Mexican border state of Chihuahua.Felix Gonzalez, a spokesman for Chihuahua state prosecutors said, two armed groups clashed near the mountainous community of Las Varas, in the state of



Chihuahua.

Authorities said, the number of dead could rise. Drug cartels often clash in Chihuahua, a key drug-trafficking route south of the border from the US state of Mexico. 

The incident is the latest in a series of deadly clashes between rival drug gangs and also with the police across Mexico.