Michoacan.– Personnel from federal, state and municipal forces shot down eight presumed members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Sahuayo and Jiquilpan, Michoacan.
In the events, an element of the local police also died.
Reports indicate that this morning, on the Sahuayo Jiquilpan highway, the security deployment detected armed people aboard a private vehicle.
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They crash during the chase
During the chase, the driver of the vehicle in which the Armed group lost control of the unit, so they had an accident.
At the scene, the four crew members of the sedan car, with plates from the state of Jalisco, were killed.
The authorities seized four long weapons and one short.
On the Avenida Circunvalación de Jiquilpan, elements of the Michoacán and municipal Police located more people armed with rifles of assault.
open fire on officers
The criminals, aboard another private vehicle, also with license plates from the state of Jalisco, opened fire on the officers.
The police responded to the attack and then caught up with them on Constitución street and shot down the four assailants, who were seized with several long weapons.
In the place, an element of the Municipal Police of Jiquilpan lost his life, as a result of the criminal offensive.
The SSP reported that the work of that Secretariat, the GN, the Sedena and the local police will continue in that area adjacent to the state of Jalisco, also known as the “corridor of death or danger.”
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