4 Police Officers Killed in Highway Attack in North-Central Mexico

Published on January 26, 2024

MEXICO CITY—Four municipal police officers are dead following an ambush-style attack on a road in Mexico in the north-central state of Guanajuato, authorities said Thursday. The four policemen belonged to the municipal police force of the city of Celaya. The police department said the officers died late Wednesday on a rural road near Celaya. The identity of the attackers was not immediately clear, but Celaya has long been the scene of attacks and fighting between the local Santa Rosa de Lima gang and the Jalisco drug cartel. Celaya is one of the most violent cities in Guanajuato, a state which itself has the highest number of homicides in the country....