{"id":8729,"date":"2021-03-19T14:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T06:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=8729"},"modified":"2021-03-19T14:00:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T06:00:32","slug":"criminals-kill-13-law-enforcement-officers-in-central-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=8729","title":{"rendered":"Criminals kill 13 law enforcement officers in central Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MEXICO CITY, March 19 &#8212;&nbsp;Criminals have attacked a convoy of law enforcement officers in&nbsp;central&nbsp;Mexico, leaving 13 officers dead, the regional ministry of security said, reported Sputnik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn late Thursday, a joint convoy of the security ministry and the prosecutor&#8217;s office of the state of Mexico was ambushed by a criminal group in the Llano Grande district of the Coatepec Harinas municipality\u2026 .\u00a0Currently, we have information about eight officers of the security ministry\u00a0and five\u00a0employees of the prosecutor&#8217;s office who were killed,\u201d a spokesperson for the regional ministry of security said in a statement on late Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-19-at-13.57.42.png\" alt=\"mexico\" class=\"wp-image-8730\" width=\"511\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-19-at-13.57.42.png 587w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-19-at-13.57.42-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-19-at-13.57.42-161x100.png 161w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-19-at-13.57.42-350x218.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Guard, army, navy, and intelligence have joined an operation to find those responsible for the attack, the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to media reports, one more attack took place on Thursday in the neighbouring municipality of Almoloya de Alquisiras, with four law enforcement officers being killed in the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; 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