THREE separate armed attacks in Mexico on Monday left at least 24 people dead, including a dozen police officers, authorities said about the latest violence to hit regions plagued by drug trafficking.
In the deadliest incident, unidentified attackers targeted a security patrol in Guerrero state’s municipality of Coyuca de Benitez, prosecutor Alejandro Hernandez said.
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At least 13 people were killed and two others wounded in that attack, the state prosecutor’s office said in a statement, with Hernandez earlier having confirmed that at least 11 of those killed were members of the municipal police force.
A senior state security official was travelling in the convoy when it was attacked, authorities said, without confirming media reports that he was murdered along with police bodyguards.
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Security forces were later seen patrolling the area — where several lifeless bodies lay on the ground — as a police helicopter flew overhead.
Another attack, in the neighbouring state of Michoacan, left four civilians and a policeman dead, and two others wounded, authorities said.
A group of gunmen had attacked the brother of the mayor of the town of Tacambaro, according to the state prosecutor’s office.
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A restaurant worker and a member of the police force were among those killed, while the mayor’s brother was wounded, it said.
In a video posted on social media, gunmen were seen opening fire before fleeing in several vehicles.
