World in brief: Officers die after town hall fired on

MEXICO CITY – Authorities in northern Mexico say assailants sprayed a town hall with gunfire, killing at least three police officers.

The Nuevo Leon state attorney general’s office says police found 200 shell casings from assault and semiautomatic rifles outside the Los Herreras municipal office, which also houses the town’s police force.

Such weapons are often used by drug cartel hitmen. Prosecutors said Tuesday a vehicle found at the scene had “Z-40” and “Z” painted on its windows – apparent references to the Zetas drug gang.

Authorities blame fighting between the Gulf cartel and the Zetas for a recent surge in violence in Nuevo Leon, which is close to Mexico’s border with Texas.

The attack happened about midnight Monday.

Machu Picchu line

to be fixed July 1

LIMA, Peru – PeruRail says train service to the famed Machu Picchu ruins will be fully restored July 1.

The popular 68-mile rail line from Cuzco is the only land route to the Incan citadel. The line was damaged by heavy rains in January that left hundreds of tourists stranded.

Partial rail service was restored in March.

The Incan ruins are Peru’s main tourist destination, with 1,500 to 2,000 tourists visiting daily.

Trailer included zoo of a surprise

DRUMMONDVILLE, Quebec – Maybe they had expected horses. Whoever stole a trailer in Quebec last week later abandoned it, leaving a tiger and two camels from an Ontario zoo safe inside.

Quebec provincial police spokesman Ronald McInnis said Jonas the tiger and camels Shawn and Todd were recovered near Saint-Edmond- de-Grantham, about 55 miles east of Montreal. A passer-by saw the trailer on a rural road Monday evening and called police.

“They were in great shape. The veterinarian thinks that the people who stole the animals gave them something to eat and drink,” said McInnis.

The animals were found roughly 25 miles from the motel parking lot where their trailer and the truck used to tow it were taken Friday.

The animals were stolen on their way back to the zoo after a circus in Nova Scotia.