Two US embassy employees shot in Mexico: Official

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Two US embassy employees were shot and wounded when their car came under fire south of Mexico City on Friday, an official from the attorney general's office said.

"The two are from the US embassy," the official said on condition of anonymity, adding that the shooting took place on a highway leading from Mexico City to the city of Cuernavaca.

The pair was taken to a hospital in Cuernavaca, 90 kilometers (55 miles) south of the capital, the source said.

The car had diplomatic plates, the official said. After the shooting, the army and the police closed a 10-kilometer stretch of highway as well as access to a wooded area around the scene of the incident.

The US embassy could not confirm the incident.

"We're looking into the reports but cannot provide or confirm no details," said US embassy spokesman Alex Featherstone.