A clash between armed civilians and elements of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) in the municipality of Tangamandapio, Michoacan, left seven dead and one person arrested.
In a statement, the Michoacan prosecutor’s office said that one of the bodies belongs to a member of the Sedena.
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The other six bodies are male, alleged members of the criminal cell that carried out the attack.
“At approximately 5:00 p.m. (on August 20), after receiving the report of an attack perpetrated against the military, personnel of the Expert Services and Crime Scene Unit (USPEC), went to a farm located in the vicinity of the town of Tarecuato, where actions were carried out in the lifting of seven lifeless bodies,” he said.
Eight firearms for the exclusive use of the Army, Navy and Air Force were secured at the site; they also confiscated cartridges, magazines and other tactical objects.
Michoacan’s Public Security Secretariat reported that they are maintaining an operation in the region and said that the confrontation was “an attack” on Sedena personnel.
Meanwhile, the state prosecutor’s office began an investigation into the incident.
The #PolicíaMichoacán maintains an operational action in the town of Tarecuato, municipality of Tangamandapio, where @SEDENAmx personnel were attacked by gunfire.
— SSP MICHOACÁN (@MICHOACANSSP) August 21, 2021
The Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG) has been reported in that area.
Just in July, alleged members of the Jalisco Cartel New Generation carried out three ambushes of policemen and roadblocks in different parts of Michoacan.
The day of violence began when a criminal cell of the CJNG carried out an armed attack on the tenancy of Tarecuato, municipality of Santiago Tangamandapio.
In its offensive, the armed group fired on the premises of the holding headquarters, on shops and neighboring homes and parked vehicles.
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