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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Gunmen murdered six men and dismembered their bodies in a rural area of the western Mexican state of Michoacán, the Michoacán State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) said on Wednesday.
The institution indicated that the mutilated bodies were located around 2 PM (19.00 GMT) in a town called El Zapote, in the municipality of Villa Jimenez. The six victims presented severe torture marks, and all of them were dismembered, although forensic personnel of the FGE presumes that they were killed by asphyxiation.
The authorities indicated that the six dismembered bodies were sent to the Forensic Medical Service (Semefo), awaiting to be identified and claimed by their relatives.
Mexican State Cops Injured in Cartel Drone Bombing
21 Apr 2021
Cartel gunmen used explosive drones to carry out an attack on Mexican policemen trying to clear blockades in the western state of Michoacan.
The case took place near the town of Aguililla this week after Michoacan Police officers worked to remove blockades along regional highways. Gunmen set the roadblocks approximately three months ago to keep rivals out of the area,
El Financiero reported.
The roadblocks consisted of barricades, heavy machinery, and other large items, as well as ditches dug into the highway. Authorities were able to remove seven, however, gunmen flew drones carrying IEDs to launch an airstrike in the town of El Aguaje. According to the Michoacan Public Security Secretariat, two police officers sustained injuries.