Overview
- An explosive-laden vehicle detonated outside the Coahuayana community police base late Saturday morning, destroying a pickup and damaging nearby businesses, homes and multiple vehicles.
- Michoacán state prosecutors said fatalities have risen to six as some victims died in hospital, and several injured people remain under medical care.
- The federal attorney general’s office has assumed control through its organized-crime unit and sent specialized explosives teams, working with the military and national guard.
- State officials say a black Dakota pickup entered from Colima around 8:30 a.m. and is tied to the incident, and post-blast forensics are ongoing.
- Authorities offered conflicting early accounts of the mechanism, with references to a car bomb and to an external projectile, and no perpetrator has been officially identified as community leaders allege CJNG-linked involvement.