More Than a Dozen Police Killed in Ambush in Violent Mexican State
Oct. 14, 2019, at 12:27 p.m.
U.S. News & World Report
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - More than a dozen police have been shot dead in an ambush in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, authorities said on Monday, in one of the bloodiest attacks on security forces since President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office in December.
The ministry for public security said on Twitter it would use all means at its disposal to catch those responsible for the attack in the municipality of Aguililla in Michoacan, a state that has long been convulsed by turf wars between drug cartels.
The federal public security ministry said 14 police were killed, though its state counterpart in Michoacan said 13 officers were confirmed dead, and three injured.
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Syria gets all, well, a lot of the attention, Middle East more in general... but there are hotspots all over, almost as bad as some of those ME wars is Mexico, this is a debacle. The Police get hit, the Military hardly if ever takes this kind of an assault.
