13 Dead In Ambush On Mexico Police Convoy: Officials

The patrol was ambushed in the municipality of Coatepec Harinas in the State of Mexico while carrying out operations against armed groups present in the area.

An attack by a criminal gang on a police convoy in central Mexico left at least 13 people dead on Thursday, the authorities said. The patrol was ambushed in the municipality of Coatepec Harinas in the State of Mexico while carrying out operations against armed groups present in the area. The victims included police officers and agents from the district attorney's office, the state's security ministry and prosecutors said, without blaming a specific criminal gang. Security forces launched a search for the perpetrators of what the authorities denounced as a "cowardly" attack.