Fourteen police dead in Mexico gun ambush

2019-10-15 14:08:42

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.