US EditionAt least 3 killed, 6 wounded in explosion in western Mexican state of Michoacan
The attack targeted community police amid cartel conflicts over strategic routes and extortion; over 3,000 explosive devices were seized in Michoacán last year, officials said.
- 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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Mexican authorities said on Sunday that at least five people died and three others were injured after a car exploded near a police station in the troubled western state of Michoacan. The explosion occurred shortly before noon local time on Saturday in front of police headquarters in the coastal city of Coahuayana, according to Mexico's Attorney General's Office, which has taken over the investigation into the case. The state attorney's office ra…
The death toll from the attack at a police station in the Mexican city of Coahuayana last weekend has risen to six. Six others were injured, local authorities reported, according to Mexican media. Around noon on Saturday, a bomb exploded in front of the police station in the center of the city of Michoacán. The explosive was being transported in a pickup truck. The driver of the truck was killed. Four of the dead were members of the police force…
Mexico opens terrorism investigation after car bomb explosion kills 5
Five people have died after a car exploded outside a local police facility in western Mexico, according to federal prosecutors. Authorities said the incident is now being investigated as an act linked to organized crime and possible terrorism. The explosion occurred on Saturday in Coahuayana, a municipality in the state of Michoacán, according to the Attorney General’s Office (FGR). In a statement on Sunday, the FGR said five people were killed …
A black Dakota van would have been used to transport the explosives.
At least five people were killed and three injured on Saturday in the explosion of a car bomb in front of the police of a city in Michoacán State, in western Mexico, reported the authorities.
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