Overview

• José Luis Corrales Serrano, the municipal security chief and an active Navy lieutenant, was shot during a joint patrol with the Navy in Amozoc’s Barrio de San Miguel.
• The attack occurred near the CESSA on the Puebla–Tehuacán federal highway, where armed civilians opened fire and officers returned shots.
• State public security chief Francisco Sánchez said Corrales underwent surgery at the Military Hospital and remains in intensive care in critical condition.
• Prosecutors opened an investigation and report one male found dead at the scene, apparently involved in the assault, with no public arrests so far.
• Ground and air deployments by state and federal forces continue in the municipality, following recent reports of coerced recruitment and disappearances tied to organized crime.