Overview

• Six Buenavista municipal officers were detained for lacking national registration and for possessing unregistered firearms designated for exclusive military use, the state prosecutor said.
• The remaining officers stopped reporting for duty, leaving the municipal force out of operation since Monday, with roughly 67 personnel on the books according to the 43rd Military Zone.
• The Michoacán Public Security Secretariat deployed 18 Guardia Civil officers to provide policing, with Army and National Guard support through an interagency operations base.
• The initial legal review period for the detained officers expired Tuesday night, and the state prosecutor is coordinating with the federal attorney general to continue the investigation.
• Authorities linked the action to persistent violence, including a weekend assault reported with three deaths, part of a series of attacks on Buenavista’s police this year.