Overview

• The August 17 ambush in El Cortijo left 13 UPOEG community police dead, heightening tensions across the Costa Chica region.
• About 400 UPOEG members conducted searches in Lagunillas, El Refugio and Colotepec, detaining two men and one woman and turning them over to the Ayutla Ministerio Público.
• A mesa de diálogo in Ayutla brings together local authorities, including council leader Elizabeth Calixto Leyva, with UPOEG representatives to review the security crisis.
• At least 85 Mixtec communities are holding assemblies to organize or expand community police in response to what residents describe as a lack of investigative progress.
• Community sources identify Los Ardillos as responsible and point to a dispute with Los Rusos, while separate claims involving the suspect known as “El Oso” and prior National Guard actions remain unconfirmed.