Overview
- Security footage shows a black Dakota pickup arriving from Colima via Highway 200 around 08:30 before detonating near the Community Police command at about 11:40.
- Authorities report five dead, including three members of the Community Police, and seven injured, and the blast damaged at least 12 vehicles and several businesses across a roughly 300‑meter radius.
- The FGR has assumed the investigation for organized crime and use of explosives, with the Michoacán state prosecutor’s office assisting in forensics and victim identification.
- Federal forces have secured the area as AIC forensic teams examine the scene; SEMAR dispatched 205 marines, 21 vehicles, five helicopters, six doctors and 12 nurses.
- Security specialists point to the CJNG as a possible perpetrator, but authorities have announced no arrests.