MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gunmen in northern Mexico attacked a police patrol and killed 4 officers in a capturing that additionally left 4 folks wounded, authorities stated Tuesday.
The assault occurred Monday within the north-central state of Guanajuato, which has Mexico’s highest number of homicide s. It has lengthy been the scene of bloody turf battles between rival cartels, and the state has lengthy been among the many most threatening for police in Mexico.
State prosecutors stated Tuesday the assault occurred within the city of Uriangato, close to the border with the neighboring state of Michoacan. These killed within the assault included one feminine officer.
The commercial and agricultural state of Guanajuato has for years been the scene of a bloody turf battle between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and a neighborhood gang, the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel.
