Security is under siege in southwestern Mexico as powerful drug cartels escalate violence, posing a grave threat to the region's safety.
A local security secretary and 12 police officers were shot dead in Guerrero state, authorities has said, the worst episode in a day of violence across southwestern Mexico that killed at least 22 people.
The secretary for security of Coyuca de Benitez was among those slain, said Gabriel Hernandez Mendoza, state deputy prosecutor for investigations. He gave no further details. Several criminal groups are known to operate in the region, including the powerful Jalisco New Generation cartel, the Familia Michoacana, the Viagras, and the Knights Templar.
Un ataque contra elementos de la policía municipal de Coyuca de Benítez, Guerrero, en el poblado de El Papayo, en la carretera federal Acapulco-Zihuatanejo, dejó un saldo de 13 efectivos muertos, entre ellos una mujer policía, y dos heridos.
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