Overview

• The assault targeted a municipal checkpoint on the Apatzingán–Tepalcatepec road near the town cemetery around 9 p.m.
• Gunmen arrived in several vehicles, opened fire with high‑caliber weapons, and fled before security reinforcements reached the scene.
• Municipal officers identified as Catalina G. and Gonzalo F. were killed at the post, as was a passing driver, Adán N., 54, and his wife, Ana Bertha, about 50, was hospitalized.
• Guardia Civil, Army and National Guard units secured the area as the Fiscalía Regional opened an investigation, and authorities reported no arrests.
• A Toyota Tundra linked to the civilian victim was taken by the Ministerio Público for forensic work, and local media say this was the 14th attack on Buenavista police this year.