Overview

• Gunmen in several vehicles opened fire with high‑caliber weapons on a municipal checkpoint near the Buenavista Tomatlán cemetery around 9 p.m. Saturday, leaving officers no chance to respond.
• Two municipal police officers, identified as Catalina G. and Gonzalo F., and a passing motorist, Adán N., 54, were killed; a 50‑year‑old woman, identified as Ana Bertha, was wounded and hospitalized.
• State and federal forces secured the scene as the Fiscalía Regional opened an investigation, and a Toyota Tundra found at the site was placed under Ministerial custody for forensic procedures.
• Roughly 19 hours later, another police post near El Encanto was shot at without injuries, marking the 15th recorded attack on Buenavista’s municipal police this year, according to local reports.
• Some outlets attribute the initial assault to the Cártel Michoacán Nueva Generación, though that responsibility has not been independently verified.