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03-22-2021, 02:10 AM
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Gunmen Ambush Police Convoy Near Mexico City, Killing 13
Gunmen ambush police convoy near Mexico City, killing 13 18 March 2021 Eight state police officers and five prosecution investigators are dead in central Mexico after gunmen ambushed their convoy MEXICO CITY -- Gunmen apparently from a drug gang ambushed a police convoy Thursday in central Mexico. killing eight state police officers and five prosecution investigators in a hail of gunfire, authorities said. The massacre of the 13 law enforcement officers in the State of Mexico was the country's single biggest slaying of law enforcement since October 2019, when cartel gunmen ambushed and killed 14 state police officers in the neighboring state of Michoacan. The Thursday ambush sparked a huge search for the killers in a rural, gang-plagued area southwest of Mexico City, which is surrounded on three sides by Mexico State. The dead law enforcement officers worked for the state. While Mexico State contains suburbs of the capital, it also includes lawless mountain and scrub lands like the one where the attack occurred. Rodrigo Martínez Celis, the head of the state Public Safety Department, said soldiers, marines and National Guard troops were combing the area by land and from the air looking for the killers. “The convoy was carrying out patrols in the region, precisely to fight the criminal groups that operate in the area,” Martínez Celis said. "This aggression is an attack on the Mexican government. “We will respond with all force,” he added. There was no immediate indication as to what gang or cartel the gunmen might have belonged to. Several operate in the area around Coatepec Harinas, where the attack occurred. The town is near a hot springs resort known as Ixtapan de la Sal, which is popular among Mexico City residents as a weekend getaway. But it also relatively close to cities like Taxco, where authorities have reported activities by the Guerreros Unidos gang apparently allied with the Jalisco cartel and by the Arcelia gang, dominated by the Familia Michoacán crime organization. The attack appears to present a challenge for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has pursued a strategy of not directly confronting drug cartels in an effort to avoid violence. NEWS:abcnews.go (https://abcnews.go.com/International...ng-13-76547531)  ·  ·  ·  ·  · |
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03-22-2021, 04:30 AM
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Re: Gunmen Ambush Police Convoy Near Mexico City, Killing 13
With all the corruption in Mexico. You have to wonder if this wasn't an inside job.
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03-22-2021, 05:01 AM
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Re: Gunmen Ambush Police Convoy Near Mexico City, Killing 13
Nice one, thanks! I came across a load of articles about this one yesterday (when I was researching the Mexican thread I posted yesterday) + contemplated posting it, but couldn't be arsed, haha! I'm sure I saw more imagery + also a video - I will go through my history + have a look. I'll then edit this post to add any additions. EDIT:             
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03-22-2021, 07:31 AM
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Re: Gunmen Ambush Police Convoy Near Mexico City, Killing 13
Holsters empty, no guns in the photos. Wonder if the attackers took them all?
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03-22-2021, 09:40 AM
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Re: Gunmen Ambush Police Convoy Near Mexico City, Killing 13
that's often the main reason they attack police. Better send in the army imo
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03-22-2021, 11:21 AM
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Re: Gunmen Ambush Police Convoy Near Mexico City, Killing 13
Police might have gathered all the guns left around when they came on the scene.
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03-22-2021, 12:26 PM
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Re: Gunmen Ambush Police Convoy Near Mexico City, Killing 13
That is what you get when you appease those people. Better to raid every drug house you know, and shoot everyone because they were "resisting" Raid and trash every home you know that is owned by a cartel leader or a cartel minion. Knock out the walls and torch open every safe, and seize all the money and drugs you find. Go to the airports and seize their aircraft. Go to the Marinas and seize their boats. Stop and seize every car that is related to a drug group. Let them walk home. If they resist, shoot them on the spot. Throw every drug cartel related person into jail, and let them sit there until the investigation is complete, and they are either put on trial, or nothing is found and they are released. (After 2-3 months in jail) Tell everyone you arrest that you got the information from the OTHER local group, and informants . That way they don't know who to trust. You don't need to walk the empty wild country. You go straight to the estates and start there. |
