Authorities say a shootout between troops and suspected drug traffickers in northern Mexico has killed two soldiers and four gunmen.
The Defence Department says the clash began when gunmen opened fire on a military patrol in the town of Doctor Arroyo, in Nuevo Leon state.
A Defence statement says soldiers returned fire, killing three assailants inside a home and another in a car.
Police in Veracruz state have also said a federal court official kidnapped last week has been found dead.
State prosecutor Jose Franyutti said Nayeli Reyes' mutilated body was discovered in the same residential neighbourhood of Boca del Rio where she was abducted.
A threatening note signed by a drug cartel was left with the corpse.
AP