a confrontation clean shot Between Mexican Army soldiers and a group of hitmen percentage of drug trafficking groups this Monday seven dead and six imprisoned in a forested area of the Mexican state of Michoacán, in the west of the country. According to the information received from Military District XXI in the city of Morelia, the capital of Michoacán, the clash took place this Monday in a rural area of the town of Tacario, in the municipality of Hidalgo.
Traveling on a dirt road in at least three vehicles, the hitman group encountered a military convoy conducting operations against organized crime. in conflict, was a soldier murdered and one more injured, six armed civilians killed and one injured The lead-wounded hitman was arrested along with five other accomplices. The Mexican Army reported that after the conflict, a total of 12 assault rifles of the AK-47 and AR-15 type belonging to civilians, as well as dozens of useful cartridges and three vehicles were seized. The detainees were handed over to the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office (FGR) in the city of Morelia, which was investigating which drug cartel they belonged to.
Hidalgo is a municipality in the eastern part of the state of Michoacán, where Los Correa, Los Caballeros Templarios, La Familia Michoacana and Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) operate. Mexican authorities have identified a bloody struggle between these criminal organizations in Michoacán, opposing the control of the production and trafficking of drugs such as marijuana and methamphetamine, as well as other criminal activities such as extortion and kidnapping of businessmen.