Overview
- A clandestine explosives workshop exploded on January 31 in División del Norte, Buenavista, killing three people inside the site.
- The bodies of two men and a woman were later found on the Apatzingán–Buenavista road with severe burns and mutilations.
- In follow-up operations in Las Catalinas, Mexican Army specialists deactivated 19 homemade explosive devices, 18 reportedly configured for drone deployment.
- SEDENA and the state public security secretariat secured the area under Plan Michoacán to mitigate further risk to residents.
- Local sources link the workshop to an alliance involving Los Viagras, Los Blancos de Troya, and CJNG, reflecting a broader conflict that has recently included landmines that injured two soldiers on January 29.