US EditionAt least 3 killed, 6 wounded in explosion in western Mexican state of Michoacan
Two community police officers and one civilian died in an attack using an explosive device amid intensified federal security efforts against cartel violence in Michoacán.
- On Saturday, a car explosion outside a police station in Coahuayana, Michoacán killed at least three and injured six, with the state government saying an `explosive device` caused the blast.
- Amid rising cartel violence, federal troops and marines increased operations last month as President Claudia Sheinbaum sent 2,000 troops atop 4,300 permanent forces and 4,000 in neighboring states; designated cartels Jalisco New Generation, United Cartels and The New Michoacán Family operate in Michoacán.
- Images circulating online showed a completely burned-out vehicle at the blast site, and authorities said remains found scattered near the blast site included the driver of the pickup truck.
- The blast damaged nearby buildings and scattered victims, Hector Zepeda said federal operation brought many marines, patrols were suspended, and five others remained hospitalized after the explosion.
- Explosives are increasingly used by criminal groups in Michoacán, with seizures rising from 160 in 2022 to about 3,000 last year and more than 2,000 so far this year, according to the state security agency.
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The Office of the Attorney-General of the Republic (FGR) announced that it would investigate as an act of terrorism the attack committed against a community police base in the municipality of Coahuayana, Michoacán, where a vehicle with explosives exploded, leaving five people dead and five injured.
At least two people have been killed in an explosion at a police station in the state of Michoacán, Mexico. At least seven more people have been injured. The incident occurred on Saturday and the people killed were reportedly police officers. Several civilians were also injured. Mexico's federal government recently sent about 2,000 soldiers to the state, including ...
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Los Angeles TimesBy María Verza, Mexico City (AP) — At least three people were killed and six others wounded Saturday when a car bomb exploded in front of a community police station in a coastal town in the western Mexican state of Michoacán, authorities said. One of the dead was the driver of the vehicle. Michoacán is a state with high levels of organized crime activity, where the government recently launched a major security operation due to cartel violence. A…
At least two people have been killed and seven injured in an explosion near a police station in the municipality of Coahuayán in the state of Michoacan, Mexico, security forces said.
A car bomb exploded this Saturday in front of the community police in Coahuayana, in Michoacán, and has left at least two dead and eight injured, among whom there are minors, according to this newspaper. The attack on the headquarters of the municipal command has taken place in the process of “pacification” of the state, the strategy implemented by President Claudia Sheinbaum after the brutal murder of the mayor of Uruapan, Carlos Manzo, in a pu…
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