Mexico, July 13: Mexican federal agents have arrested two suspects after a series of bloody attacks that left five officers and two soldiers dead in the state of Michoacan.
Mexico’s federal Public Safety Department said in a statement on Sunday that the men were captured following a shootout with federal police.
One gunman was also killed in the incident, which took place in the Pacific port city of Lazaro Cardenas.
Three assault rifles, a pistol, bullets, a bulletproof vest, four radios and an SUV were also seized.
On Saturday, gunmen attacked federal forces after police in Morelia, the capital of Michoacan, arrested Arnoldo Rueda Medina, a reputed main operative of the notorious La Familia cartel.
Rueda and the two suspects arrested Sunday will be taken to Mexico City, where they will be presented to the federal prosecuting office in charge of organized crime.
——Agencies