Why Mexican Cartels Increasingly Are Using Car Bombs and Other Explosives
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Why Mexican cartels increasingly are using car bombs and other explosives
The latest explosion occurred outside a police station in Ojocaliente, a small city 360 miles northwest of Mexico City. No one was killed, but the 440 pounds of explosives injured 11 people and damaged more than 60 homes in the city center, Mexico's security chief, Omar García Harfuch, said.
Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch explains that the attack is the result of a dispute between the Jalisco and Sinaloa cartels for control of drug trafficking routes.
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About 200 kilos of explosives were used in the car-bomb in Ojocaliente, Zacatecas, and there are already 3 detainees, Harfuch reported.
So far three alleged perpetrators have been arrested, who took the evening-night of Sunday, August 30, and left eleven people injured.The entrance 200 kilos of explosives were placed in the car bomb of Zacatecas was first published in La Jornada Baja California.
• The senator met with the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection to review the attack in Ojocaliente, in addition to highlighting the upcoming presence of Claudia Sheinbaum and the Security Cabinet to the entity The post Geovanna Bañuelos tackles with Harfuch car bomb attack in Ojocaliente appeared first on Capital Mexico.
OJOCALIENTE, Zacatecas.- The vehicle used to attack the command of the Municipal Police of Ojocaliente on August 30 contained approximately 200 kilograms of explosive material, said the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch. The attack left 11 people injured and caused damage to homes, vehicles and official facilities. During the conference [...] The Car Bomb entrance in Zacatecas contained 200 kilos of explosives apa…
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