At least Eight people were killed in the clash between the suspects on Wednesday. It’s in the municipality of Guachochi, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, on the US border, state officials reported.
The Chihuahua State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) said in a statement that agents from the State Investigative Service (AEI) and personnel from the National Guard (GN), the Minister of National Defense (Sedena), and the Secretary of Public Security State Department of Foreign Affairs (SSPE) this Wednesday afternoon, “armed gunfire on the outskirts of the town of Guachochi”. reported that an operation was launched to intervene in the report “there is a conflict”.
Early versions stated that the events occurred at 2 pm this Wednesday. large number of gunmen from different criminal groups clashed with bullets with constant conflicts. An injured male person, who was sent to the hospital with 8 lifeless and 2 burned vehicles, was detected in the said place. The prosecution did not reveal the identities of the victims in the report. According to unofficial versions, among the dead was ‘El Chapo Calín’ Melquiades Díaz, presumed leader of the Sinaloa Cartel in Guachochi.
In a statement, FGE pointed out that Forensic Medicine, Public Ministry and Forensic Medicine Institute personnel are responsible for the bodies and other evidence, processing the crime scene, taking the body and handing over the body. Semefo for related inquiries. . He also pointed out that the tactical deployment of agents continued in the hours after the conflict with the aim of restoring security in the region.
On June 7, a group of gunmen opened fire on the facade of a church in the Santa Anita neighborhood of the municipality of Guachochi, Chihuahua, a disputed area of criminal groups including the Sinaloa Cartel. for the transfer of drugs.
Mexico has faced a violent wave in recent years. A total of 30,968 intentional murders were recorded in 2022, while 33,308 were recorded in 2021. Prior to that, the two most violent years in history were recorded under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, with 34,690 murder victims in 2019 and 34,554 in 2020.