Overview

• The patrol on the Tlalapa–El Rincón route was attacked Saturday night after a fuel stop in Ayutla, with four marked pickups hit in what coordinators described as a planned ambush.
• Survivors say they carried only shotguns and .22 rifles, while the assailants used AR-15 and AK-47 assault rifles.
• Residents earlier reported 10 dead and five wounded, with two still hospitalized at the IMSS-Bienestar facility, and authorities have not released an official casualty count.
• Eight victims were buried in El Cortijo and others were from El Rincón and Cuanacazapa, as communities mourned the dead and described a tense climate.
• UPOEG leaders requested justice, aid for families and a crackdown on organized crime, saying a National Guard officer told them any support requires higher-level orders.