Overview
- Five people were killed and others injured when a vehicle-borne explosive detonated outside a community police base in Coahuayana over the weekend, according to local reports.
- The federal prosecutor's office first announced a terrorism investigation, then corrected the case to organized crime, with the probe handled by specialized units.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said the decision to relabel the case came from the Fiscalía and asked the agency to publicly explain the change.
- Journalists and analysts say the incident fits a documented pattern of cartel use of car bombs and other explosives since about 2010 in states including Michoacán, Guanajuato and Guerrero.
- Security experts argue the federal Plan Michoacán remains reactive and warn that criminal groups may be obtaining explosives through leaks and corruption in Army munitions stores; the state governor met with victims' families as inquiries continue.