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Two people
employed at the US embassy in Mexico have been wounded after their car was
mistakenly fired on by police south of Mexico city, officials say.
The Mexican
Navy said the US personnel were on a main road to the city of Cuernavaca when
the shooting happened.
Details are
still unclear, but the navy said the US vehicle had been fleeing from gunmen in
another car.
The US
state department said it was working with Mexican authorities to investigate
the incident.
Spokeswoman
Victoria Nuland said the two men were receiving "appropriate medical care
and are in stable condition".
"We
have no further information to share at this time," she added.
One of the
men was said to have been hit in the leg and the other in the stomach and hand.
Both were admitted to hospital.
The Mexican
public security ministry and marines said in a statement: "Today at 08:00
a diplomatic vehicle belonging to the US embassy was hit by multiple bullets
from personnel of the federal police in the Tres Marias-Huitzilac
highway."
It said the
embassy personnel had been heading to a military installation when a carload of
gunmen opened fire on them and chased them, along with a Mexican naval officer
accompanying them.
Alerted to
the gunfire, a federal police patrol vehicle came to the scene and apparently
opened fire.
The federal
police officers involved have been held for questioning, the navy said.
Pictures
from the scene showed the Toyota vehicle riddled with bullet-holes.
The
shooting happened in an area where drug gangs and leftist rebels have been
known to operate in the past.
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