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MEXICO CITY, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Mexican President, Enrique Pena Nieto, vowed on Friday to bring to justice those ambushed a military convoy using grenades and high-powered guns that left six soldiers dead and 11 wounded.
The attack against the soldiers will not go unpunished and those responsible will be brought to justice, Mexico's president said via his official Twitter account, in a second message on the attack.
Earlier, he expressed condolences to the families of the six soldiers killed in the early hours of Friday after the ambush by an armed group in Culiacan, capital of the northwestern state Sinaloa.
"My condolences to the families of the deceased and to all at @SEDENAmx (ministry of defence). I hope those injured make a speedy recovery," Pena Nieto said.
The soldiers were attacked on a highway, close to the entrance to the city of Culiacan, when they were returning from a nearby operation and escorting an ambulance containing an injured person, who was allegedly a member of an organized crime cartel.
Secretary general of the government of Sinaloa, Gerardo Vargas, said during the ambush, the armed group stole the ambulance after injuring the Red Cross paramedic and driver.
The commander of the regional military in Sinaloa, Alfonso Duarte, said that the ambush stemmed from a clash between criminal groups that are fighting for control of the area.
The commander added that druglord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's sons could be involved in the dispute.
