Overview
- Mexico’s federal prosecutor said a vehicle with its driver exploded at 11:40 a.m. outside the Coahuayana community police base on Avenida Rayón, leaving three dead and six injured.
- Casualty figures have varied throughout the day, with an earlier federal security tally at two dead and seven injured and local authorities later reporting up to five fatalities and dozens of wounded.
- The federal government rejected early “car bomb” descriptions, saying preliminary analysis points to a projectile launched from outside that struck a vehicle, with forensic determinations still pending.
- Security forces from the Navy, Army, National Guard and state police reinforced the area, while the Navy deployed MI-17, Panther and Black Hawk helicopters to evacuate the wounded and position hospitals to receive patients.
- The blast damaged nearby homes, businesses, vehicles and the community hospital, and while local community police leaders blamed the CJNG, responsibility remains unconfirmed.