Overview

• Local sources say armed assailants ambushed a Unión de Pueblos y Organizaciones del Estado de Guerrero patrol on the Apantla road late Saturday, killing between eight and ten community police and wounding five
• Residents posted images of eight coffins on the Facebook page Ayutla Pueblito Bello and buried victims from El Cortijo, El Rincón and Cuanacuazapa
• The state security secretariat reported finding a bullet-ridden pickup truck at the scene without any injured persons and has deployed a Base de Operaciones Mixta with federal support
• Fiscalía General de Guerrero teams were blocked by community members and police from entering El Cortijo and El Rincón to recover bodies for autopsy in Chilpancingo
• The attack highlights the ongoing turf battle between criminal groups Los Ardillos and Los Rusos and exposes the challenges facing indigenous community policing under usos y costumbres