Officer Records Being Shot by Cartel Hitmen - Otzoloapan, Edomex

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Armed med ambushed and tried to assassinate agents of the Attorney General’s Office in Otzoloapan, State of Mexico. One agent began video recording right after the shooting started.

Personnel of Secretariat of Security of the State of Mexico (SSEM) and the Attorney General's Office of the State of Mexico (FGJEM) were ambushed during a tour of the Cruz Blanca community in the municipality of Otzoloapan, in Mexico State.

The attack occurred on at around 3:00 PM on July 1 2021. The videos above were recorded by a state police officer while they were carrying out an operation. Armed men within a white pick up truck in front of the road reportedly opened fire on them just before the recording began.

The following videos are safe for all to watch, no gore or injuries are visible although the content may be upsetting for some viewers. Shots begin immediately in the footage. 

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"Up, up, hit him partner. Up, up, up, you go, you go!" Later an agent can also be heard asking for a magazine for his gun

An agent can be heard saying "Support, support, they are shooting us, support, support, Otzoloapan, support, support, support." Later "Let's go, let's go."

"We need support, they are ambushing us! In red at the height of Cruz Blanca.”

"We are already advancing, advancing several units from Villa Victoria, Donato Guerra, advancing to the point of Cruz Blanca,” can be heard as a response.

The agents later drive forward on the road and discovered that the white pick truck from which they were attacked was abandoned. Presumably the attackers fled in the forest.

No personnel were killed and only one agent was injured. The State Police report that the officer injured in the confrontation sustained two scratches, one on the right shin and the other on the left heel. 

As can be heard in the video, the elements of the state police initially asked for reinforcement support as they believe the attack was an ambush. Agents can be seen to be looking and shooting towards an elevated position that, presumably, had a clear line of fire looking down on them.

However it was later officially classified as an armed confrontation, not an ambush. The Prosecutor's Office of the State of Mexico has ruled out that the event was an ambush, as the broadcast audios pointed out, since everything indicates that it was a shootout between civilians and police where no injuries have been reported so far.

 

As can be observed in the map above, Otzoloapan municipality is right on the border between Michoacán and Mexico state.

Excelsior newspaper reports that authorities have acknowledged that multiple organized crime groups are currently operating in the southern zone of Mexico state, with La Familia Michoacana being the most dominant force in the area.

Sources: El Universal, Periodico Correa, Reporte Indigo, La Prensa, Excelsior