MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Gunmen blocked roads with burning vehicles and exchanged fire with security forces in a central Mexican city on Tuesday, while security officials denied that a wanted gang leader had been captured.
The brazen skirmishes in the city of Celaya in Guanajuato state sparked rumours on social media that security forces had closed in on Jose "El Marro" Yepez, the head of the Santa Rosa de Lima criminal cartel, and possibly arrested him.
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