Suspected cartel gunmen killed13 Mexican police officers in bloody ambush
In the western state of Michoacan, a group of armed gunmen suspected to be part of a powerful drug cartel in Mexico ambushed a police patrol, killing at least 13 officers and injuring nine.
Some 42 state police officers had gone to Aguililla Township on Monday to execute a judicial order when they clashed with more than 30 gunmen, one of the most powerful gangs in Mexico at the moment, suspected to be from the Jalisco New Generation.
Officials said the gunmen – some in vehicles that were apparently armored – opened fire on the police convoy with .50 caliber sniper rifles and AR-15 and AK-47 assault-style rifles.
At least 13 officers were killed, some of their bodies still inside the patrol trucks when the vehicles were set afire.
The attack – the worst on Mexican law enforcement in years – comes at a time when violence attributed to drug cartels has spiked in recent months.
“No attack on the police will go unpunished, and this was a cowardly, devious attack because they laid an ambush in this area of the road,” Gov. Silvano Aureoles said.
A charred truck that belongs to Michoacan state police sits on the side of the road after it was burned during an attack, as state police drive past in El Aguaje, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. At least 13 police officers were killed and three others injured Monday in the ambush.
Some 42 state police officers had gone to Aguililla Township on Monday to execute a judicial order when they clashed with more than 30 gunmen, one of the most powerful gangs in Mexico at the moment, suspected to be from the Jalisco New Generation.
Officials said the gunmen – some in vehicles that were apparently armored – opened fire on the police convoy with .50 caliber sniper rifles and AR-15 and AK-47 assault-style rifles.
At least 13 officers were killed, some of their bodies still inside the patrol trucks when the vehicles were set afire.
The attack – the worst on Mexican law enforcement in years – comes at a time when violence attributed to drug cartels has spiked in recent months.
“No attack on the police will go unpunished, and this was a cowardly, devious attack because they laid an ambush in this area of the road,” Gov. Silvano Aureoles said.
A charred truck that belongs to Michoacan state police sits on the side of the road after it was burned during an attack, as state police drive past in El Aguaje, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. At least 13 police officers were killed and three others injured Monday in the ambush.
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