Thirteen Mexican police officers were killed in an ambush Monday in Michoacan, according to local authorities in the violent western state.
Five police vehicles were traveling through the municipality of Aguililla in the early morning when they were ambushed by more than 30 armed individuals, according to a statement from the Michoacan state prosecutor. The attackers, in five"presumably armored" vehicles, opened fire with high caliber weapons, said the prosecutor, Adrián López Solís.
Mexico Drug War Fast FactsThe Michoacan state security ministry also reported that three more officers suffered injuries in the attack, while prosecutors said 20 had been injured.The Jalisco New Generation Cartel, a dominant drug gang in the area, is"one of the most powerful and fastest growing in Mexico and the United States," according to the US Drug Enforcement Agency .
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