US EditionAt least 3 killed, 6 wounded in explosion in western Mexican state of Michoacan
Two community police officers died and seven were wounded in an explosion linked to cartel violence amid increased federal troop deployment, officials said.
- On Saturday, an explosion outside a police station in Coahuayana, Michoacan killed at least three people, including the driver and two Coahuayana community police officers, and injured six, local and federal security officials said.
- Multiple cartels operate in Michoacan, prompting the stepped-up security response; last month President Claudia Sheinbaum sent 2,000 troops atop 4,300 permanent forces and 4,000 in neighbouring states.
- Images circulating online showed a burned-out vehicle and nearby buildings damaged, while local police reported victims found scattered near the scene.
- The blast happened while Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla was in Mexico City with President Claudia Sheinbaum, and Hector Zepeda said marines arrived and patrols were suspended.
- Criminal groups in Michoacan increasingly use explosives, as an `explosive device` caused the Saturday blast outside a police station, authorities say.
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Cartels Use Car Bomb, Suicide Bomber to Attack Police in Western Mexico
An apparent suicide bomber drove a vehicle full of explosives towards a community police station in Western Mexico and set it off. The bomb killed the suicide bomber and two other victims, and injured ten others. The suicide attack using car bombs marks an escalation in the way drug cartels have been fighting authorities in Mexico. The post Cartels Use Car Bomb, Suicide Bomber to Attack Police in Western Mexico appeared first on Breitbart.
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.
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