“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat
Four members of the National Guard were injured after the aggression occurred on the western highway.
Armed men beat, shoot and rob members of the National Guard in Michoacan
An armed criminal cell assaulted and robbed a group of National Guard agents in Vista Hermosa, Michoacán. Four members of the National Guard were wounded in the incident.
According to witnesses, the incident occurred on the Autopista del Occidente, near the toll booth in the municipality.
There, a convoy of several pickup trucks with armed civilians on board that outnumbered the police surrounded them and attacked them, after which one was shot and three others were beaten.
The attackers robbed the policemen of a police patrol car along with weapons belonging to the federal forces, including three handguns, two FX rifles and a private weapon belonging to one of the victims.
After the aggression, the armed men fled the place in an unknown direction and the national guards requested support from the corporation.
The injured were taken to a hospital in the region to receive medical attention, while the corresponding authorities began legal investigations.
Although the police deployed a search operation to arrest those responsible, no one has been detained as a result.
