Three drug hitmen die in attack on Mexican army

REUTERS

10:59 a.m. August 27, 2008

MEXICO CITY – Suspected drug hitmen attacked a group of sleeping soldiers with grenades in central Mexico, sparking a battle that killed three gunmen, a state attorney general's office said Wednesday.
Around 15 drug gangsters in vehicles surprised the soldiers while they were camped out in the central state of Guanajuato Tuesday night, shooting at them with automatic weapons.

“Two soldiers were injured in the clash in a firefight that lasted several minutes,â€