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Mexico: IEDs kill four police officers and two civilians in ‘brutal’ cartel ambush

Mexico: IEDs kill four police officers and two civilians in ‘brutal’ cartel ambush

Another 14 wounded after seven improvised devices set off in attack by organized crime group in Tlajomulco, Jalisco state

Four police officers and two civilians have been killed by bombs planted in a road in western Mexico that officials said were an ambush set by a drug cartel.

The attack late on Tuesday appeared to mark the first time that Mexican criminals have successfully targeted law-enforcement personnel with improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, in the latest example of the brazen military challenge posed by organized crime groups in the country.

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