4 poster suspects killed during persecution in Mexico days after the ambush killed 5 officers in the same area

Police in the Mexican south of the Mexican State of Chiapas And the federal forces killed four alleged criminals on Sunday during a persecution in an area that borders Guatemala, the local government said. The incident developed only a few days later Five police officers were killed in an ambush of an armed group in the same area.

A statement from the Local Security Secretariat said the events occurred in the municipality of Frontera Comalapa after the security forces were attacked while they were in a routine patrol.

“The authorities repelled the fire … and managed to kill four alleged members of organized crime,” the statement said.

Local media reported that security forces may have entered the Guatemalan territory during the search.

Guatemalan Vice President Karin Herrera wrote on social networks that “the border is under control” and that the Army and the Police maintain “an active presence in the area to guarantee the protection and security of the population.”

The Chiapas Security Secretariat insisted that the operation took place within Mexico.

A source from the agency, who asked not to be identified, told News that the dead were members of the powerful Jalisco New Generation poster.

The Chiapas Security Secretariat said it seized four trucks, three long AK-47 weapons and other weapons after the incident. The agency launched truck images on the scene and some seemed to be full of bullet holes.

In recent months, Chiapas has been shaken by a bloody lawn war between the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation poster – The two most powerful criminal organizations in the country.

Last week, five Chiapas State Police officers patrolled the area were killed after they were ambushed by an armed group on Comalapa border, according to the Ministry of Local Security.

The authorities shared an image of the carbonized patrol vehicle of the officers killed after it was completely wrapped in flames on a road. Later, the agency announced on social networks that had arrested a man in relation to murders.

Criminal violence, mostly linked to drug trafficking, has gained around 480,000 lives in Mexico since 2006 and has left more than 120,000 missing people.

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