An explosion killed two Mexican soldiers second fatal incident This week it’s all about an improvised landmine all in one Western state plagued by crimeauthorities said on Wednesday.
According to the newspaper El Universal, the soldiers were trying to deactivate the device when it exploded.
The explosion occurred late Tuesday in Buenavista Michoacansaid the public prosecutor’s office.
A military source, who did not want to be named, said troops were searching for similar devices believed to have been planted in the area.
On Monday, an explosion caused by another improvised landmine killed two Mexican soldiers and injured five others in the same region. Before the explosionThe soldiers discovered the dismembered bodies of three people, officials said.
The device is suspected to have been planted by members of a local criminal group waging a turf war with a larger drug cartel, Defense Minister Ricardo Trevilla said on Tuesday.
Six other soldiers have been killed by similar improvised devices since late 2018, he said.
Mexico has been plagued by widespread drug-related violence, which official figures say has killed more than 450,000 people since the government deployed the army to combat drug trafficking in 2006.
Detailed in the only previous one Cartel Bombing Report In August 2023, the Defense Ministry said at the time that a total of 42 soldiers, police officers and suspects were injured by IEDs in the first seven and a half months of 2023, up from 16 in all of 2022.
A total of 556 improvised explosive devices of all types – roadside, drone and car bombs – were found in 2023, the army said in a statement Press release last year.
