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Thirteen police killed in Mexico cartel ambush
CNN ^ | October 15, 2019 | By Jack Guy,

Posted on 10/15/2019 2:42:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Five police vehicles were traveling through the municipality of Aguililla in the early morning when they were ambushed by more than 30 armed individuals, according to a statement from the Michoacan state prosecutor.

The attackers, in five "presumably armored" vehicles, opened fire with high caliber weapons, said the prosecutor, Adrián López Solís.

Security forces dispatched to the scene found officers slain and injured with bullet wounds, their vehicles shot up and two of them on fire, the statement said.

Images published on social media showed posters left on police vehicles signed "CJNG" -- the initials of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Reuters cited a state official as confirming the authenticity of the photos, which also showed warnings to police not to support rival crime gangs in the area.

Mexico is struggling to maintain public security amid worsening violence driven by powerful drug trafficking organizations. The state of Michoacan is a strategic transit point and has long been the site of spectacular bloodshed as criminal groups battle for control.

Mexico's security ministry condemned the attack and offered "human and technological resources" to bring the perpetrators to justice.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Mexico
KEYWORDS: cartel; killed; mexico; michoacan; police

1 posted on 10/15/2019 2:42:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Mexico’s security ministry condemned the attack and offered “human and technological resources” to bring the perpetrators to justice. ............................ Sounds like something the Democrats would say, but never deliver unless its one of their own.


2 posted on 10/15/2019 2:49:02 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft ( #ReasonableDemocratsforTrump. Where are you?)
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To: BenLurkin

Any normal country would have declared martial law by now. It hasn’t happened in Mexico because the cartels and police and military are all part of the same corrupt mess.


3 posted on 10/15/2019 3:03:15 PM PDT by vladimir998 ( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: BenLurkin

Do the Presstitutes at CNN know GUNS ARE ILLEGAL in Mexico??


4 posted on 10/15/2019 3:17:31 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: BenLurkin

I only scanned the excerpt, but did they ultimately blame Trump?


5 posted on 10/15/2019 3:20:57 PM PDT by Squeako (You can lead a progressive to water, but can you make him drown?)
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To: BenLurkin

Aren’t there some guns that Eric Holder sent to Mexico that are still unaccounted for . . . . ???

Just wondering.


6 posted on 10/15/2019 3:31:19 PM PDT by MCSETots
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Driving down the coast highway in Baja I pointed to a big hacienda and asked my Mexican guide about the men dressed in black patrolling the roof with obvious machine guns. He said, “That’s a drug lord’s house.” So, it’s not like the Mexican authorities don’t know where to find them. They don’t even bother to hide.


7 posted on 10/15/2019 4:07:36 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: BenLurkin

Pray they died quickly.


8 posted on 10/15/2019 4:27:32 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: BenLurkin

Perhaps this was simply a friendly kerfuffle celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day, misinterpreted by the colonial news agencies.


9 posted on 10/15/2019 4:56:07 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: BenLurkin

Americans love cocaine.


10 posted on 10/15/2019 4:57:13 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: BenLurkin

If they only had universal. background checks.


11 posted on 10/15/2019 6:28:04 PM PDT by precisionshootist
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To: Drew68

Especially Hunter Biden.


12 posted on 10/15/2019 7:31:03 PM PDT by princeofdarkness (Leftists. Their only response to failure is to double down.)
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