Overview
- State prosecutors’ personnel were attacked on the Aquila–Coalcomán road near the Huizontla turnoff, leaving a forensic expert dead and a criminal investigator wounded.
- The team was traveling in a private car back to their post in the Coahuayana area after a rest period, which officials said shows they were not on an operation.
- The injured investigator sustained non‑life‑threatening wounds, a third colleague was unharmed, and the survivors took shelter and called for help.
- The Michoacán attorney general’s office opened a criminal probe and coordinated a search with the Navy, Army, National Guard, and state police to locate the gunmen.
- Officials carried out on‑site forensic procedures and said the victim’s body would be delivered to relatives the same day as the office vowed to pursue those responsible.