Stolen vehicles in blockade

Gunmen yesterday blockaded a western Mexican city with cars and buses they stole from motorists and then torched in a second day of violence for the region that has left at least three people dead, including an 8-month-old baby.

The gunmen arrived at all five roads leading into Morelia and fired into the air to force drivers and passengers from their vehicles, said Jonathan Arrendondo, a spokesman for the Attorney- General's office of Michoacan state, where the city is located. Such blockades have become a common cartel tactic in Mexico's raging drug war.