Roadside bomb blasts claims life of six in Mexico
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14 others including three children were injured in the attack
Mexico (web Desk) - A drug cartel set off a coordinated series of seven roadway bombs in western Mexico that killed four police officers along with several civilians in Mexico.
Mexican authorities have announced that a series of roadside bombs in the western state of Jalisco have killed six security officials and injured 12 people, drawing attention to the country’s struggles with security and powerful criminal groups.
Eight improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were set up on the road, seven of which detonated as a police convoy passed.
Those killed in the attack include police officers and prosecutors agents. No members of the volunteer group appear to have been killed.
Speaking at a press conference , Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro said “This is an unprecedented act that shows what these drug cartels are capable of,” Alfaro wrote earlier on social media. “This attack also represents an open challenge to the Mexican government on all levels.”
In 2022, IEDs injured 10 soldiers and killed a civilian in the neighbouring state of Michoacan, and a suspected car bomb wounded several members of the National Guard in the state of Guanajuato last month.
More than 110,000 people remain missing in Mexico, a country where both state forces and criminal groups have long histories of carrying out enforced disappearances and rights abuses.
