The Government of Mexico, through the Attorney General's Office (FGR), has opened an investigation into organized crime following a car explosion on Saturday in front of the facilities of the Community Police in the municipality of Coahuayana, Michoacán, which left five dead and 12 injured. In a statement, the FGR specified that, in coordination with the Security Cabinet of the Government of Mexico and the state authorities of Michoacán (west), they are carrying out proceedings on the investigation initiated after the events. "At the scene, there are 15 experts from the Federal Forensic Expert Center (CFPF) and 11 federal ministerial police officers, both from the Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC) of the FGR, specializing in field criminalistics, photography, medicine, genetics, and forensic dactyloscopy," the agency specified. There are also experts in telecommunications, land transport, engineering and architecture, fires and explosives, chemistry, and forensic ballistics. The agency reiterated that after the "deplorable events," five people lost their lives, and there are 12 injured. On Saturday, the Attorney General's Office informed EFE that the car explosion occurred around 11:40 local time (17:40 GMT), on Calle Ignacio López Rayón, in front of the Community Police base. It indicated that two of the fatal victims are men who were in the wrecked car, while the other three are members of the Community Police. The Government of Michoacán has Civil Guard groups (State Police) in Coahuayana, which operate in coordination with the National Guard, the Mexican Army, and the Navy. Michoacán has 270 kilometers of coastline on the Mexican Pacific, distributed in the municipalities of Lázaro Cárdenas, Aquila, and Coahuayana, where the Secretariat of the Navy maintains constant operations at sea, as it is a route for cocaine trafficking from South America. Authorities have identified that inhabitants of the Michoacán coast work for drug traffickers, collecting packages of cocaine at sea, which they later transport by land or small aircraft to different points in Mexico or the border with the United States. The Secretariat of the Navy has identified that there is a strong confrontation on the Michoacán coast between the Community Police of Aquila and Coahuayana and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) for control of drug trafficking routes. Since November 10, Mexico has reinforced security in Michoacán following the murder of Carlos Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan, who was attacked during a public event on the Day of the Dead.
