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Coordinated Attacks Hit Guerrero and Michoacán, Torch Public Transport and Target Airstrip

Officials escalated the response with expanded patrols following a formal appeal for federal reinforcement.

Overview

  • Arson attacks in Chilpancingo burned a bus, a Urvan and a taxi in separate incidents, leaving two female passengers with burn injuries, one reported in serious condition.
  • Transport operators curtailed service and shifted pickups to a provisional base beside a National Guard facility, limiting routes to the guarded point.
  • Guerrero’s state security agency announced continuous patrols, checkpoints and citizen-assistance posts as the state prosecutor’s office deployed specialized teams to the scenes.
  • In Michoacán’s El Ahijadero, authorities confirmed two men were killed in an armed assault, with the bodies sent to the forensic service and an investigation opened.
  • Local reports from Tepalcatepec described assailants firing .50-caliber rifles and using explosive-laden drones to damage three private aircraft on a landing strip, with no injuries reported there.