The 13 police officers were killed early Monday in western Mexico, the latest in a series of high-casualty attacks by criminal groups across the country.
At least 13 police officers were killed early Monday in the state of Michoacan in western Mexico, the latest in a series ofThe state police were enforcing a judicial order in the small town of El Aguaje not long after daybreak when they were ambushed, security officials said.State authorities said 13 police officers were killed and three more injured. Federal officials put the death toll at 14.Photographs of the aftermath of the attack show a blue-and-white police vehicle in flames.
He was born about seven miles from where Monday’s attack was carried out but was run out of the region years ago by another armed group, La Familia Michoacana. Falko Ernst, a researcher with the International Crisis Group, described Michoacan as a “geopolitical mess.” Vigilante groups that once professed to be fighting cartels are now engaging in illicit activities. Ernst said authorities were also often complicit in the violence.Ernst said Monday’s attack had all the markings of the Jalisco cartel, which has a history of brazen assaults against authorities.
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