Overview
- Army, National Guard and the state Guardia Civil located and burned four clandestine sites in Buenavista’s Cinco de Mayo and Las Carreras.
- Officers reported spent munitions, tactical clothing and supplies in the camps, with suspects fleeing before arrival and no arrests.
- In a separate patrol in Cotija, troops found an abandoned vehicle containing an AK-47, 20 magazines, 1,790 rounds and 52 kilograms of explosive material.
- All seized items were placed under the custody of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office to continue investigations and forensic procedures.
- Related actions in Michoacán included a Zamora search where state agents exchanged gunfire, resulting in one suspected assailant’s death and the seizure of a firearm and suspected methamphetamine.