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Gunmen From Jalisco Ambush Tocumbo Police at New Year Checkpoint, One Officer Killed

Officials are probing a possible link to a recent Cotija attack.

Overview

  • Roughly 20 assailants in four pickup trucks entered Tocumbo from Jalisco and opened fire on three municipal officers stationed at the town entrance.
  • Officer Javier Tenis Ceja, about 45, died at a private hospital in Los Reyes around 1 a.m., according to local reports.
  • Officer Juan Carlos Pedro Ruiz was wounded and is recovering, while a third officer was not injured.
  • The state prosecutor’s office opened initial inquiries and ordered the transfer of the body to the Forensic Medical Service in Uruapan for autopsy.
  • Tocumbo police, supported by Cotija and Tingüindín units, searched rural routes toward Jalisco, but the attackers escaped and remain at large.