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Mexico: VBIED blast in Guerrero

Type of event:
VBIED - Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device

Victims

5

Wounded

6

Date

January 6, 2024

What happened

According to the Guerrero State Prosecutor’s Office, an attack in an isolated community in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero killed five people, and injured six others people. A local human rights organization initially reported that the community of Buenavista de los Hurtado deep in Guerrero’s mountains was attacked the previous day by drones and gunmen allegedly from La Familia Michoacana drug cartel.

Where it happened

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