14 police killed in Mexico gun ambush

Fourteen police officers have been killed and three injured in a shooting in western Mexico.

The police were carrying out a court order in El Aguaje, Michoacán state, when their convoy was ambushed.

A powerful criminal group, the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel, is believed to have carried out the attack.

Authorities said all resources would be put into finding those responsible. The region is a hotspot for violence linked to turf wars between drug cartels.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has been trying to tackle drug crime since he took office last December. Police patrol vehicles were ambushed as they passed through the town.

Reports say the convoy was surrounded by heavily armed men in a number of pick-up trucks who then fired on the officers and set their vehicles on fire. At least 14 police officers were killed and three others injured.

El Aguaje is considered to be of strategic importance between two battling cartels: the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) and a splinter group of the Knights Templar called Los Viagras.

 

14 police killed in Mexico gun ambush

Fourteen police officers have been killed and three injured in a shooting in western Mexico. The police were carrying out a court order in El Aguaje, Michoacn state, when their convoy was ambushed. A powerful criminal group, the Jalisco Nueva Generacin Cartel, is believed to have carried out the attack. Authorities said all resources would be put into finding those responsible. The region is a hotspot for violence linked to turf wars between drug cartels. Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador has been trying to tackle drug crime since he took office last December. Police patrol vehicles were ambushed as they passed through the town. Reports say the convoy was surrounded by heavily armed men in a number of pick-up trucks who then fired on the officers and set their vehicles on fire. At least 14 police officers were killed and three others injured. El Aguaje is considered to be of strategic importance between two battling cartels: the Jalisco Nueva Generacin Cartel (CJNG) and a splinter group of the Knights Templar called Los Viagras.