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IED Blast Kills Man in Remote Michoacán as Two Additional Devices Are Neutralized

Officials have not determined whether the victim encountered the device accidentally or was handling it.

Overview

  • Security sources reported the fatal explosion in Los Ocotes, a hard-to-access locality in Aquila on Michoacán’s coast.
  • The deceased was identified in local reports as Domingo, about 40 years old, whose body was found next to the device.
  • Army and Guardia Civil personnel secured the perimeter, located two more explosives, and Army specialists deactivated them.
  • The Regional Prosecutor’s Office has launched a multidisciplinary investigation into the circumstances of the blast.
  • The incident follows recent use of improvised explosives in Michoacán, including a November landmine injury in Cotija and an earlier IED that wounded two National Guard officers near the Jalisco border.