Cartel Clash Leaves 5 Dead in Tangamandapio, Michoacán

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At dawn this Thursday there was an armed confrontation between rival drug cartels that left five gunmen dead in Tangamandapio, Michoacan. The clash occurred at around 00:30 hours, when residents of Los Laureles community requested the support of the police after hearing loud gunfire detonations.

Members of the Michoacán State Police arrived at the scene to confirm that a shootout had taken place. Officers from the police station in Jacona, Tingüindin and the Zamora Police Stations were also called to the scene.

After making trips on the dirt road that goes through Los Laureles, authorities located a Hyundai truck with a lifeless body inside. On the side of the vehicle they located two more corpses. About 100 meters (328 feet) from the vehicle, they found two more dead men.

The victims remained unidentified by press time and their bodies were sent to the forensic offices in Zamora, where they are expected to be claimed by their relatives.

Tangamandapio, formally known as Santiago Tangamandapio, is a municipality in western Michoacan and close to the border with Jalisco.

It is unclear which criminal groups were involved in yesterday's shootout, but in early 2020, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and the Nueva Familia Michoacan clashed in Tangamandapio, leaving 4 dead.

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Sources: Informativo Zamora; Morelia Activa; Quadratin Michoacan; Ahora Noticias; Infobae