[1/5] Soldiers walk near a scene where suspected gang members killed police officers and members of the Jalisco state attorney general's office during an attack with explosives on Tuesday night, in Tlajomulco de Zuniga, Mexico July 12, 2023.
REUTERS/Fernando CarranzaMEXICO CITY, July 12 (Reuters) - Suspected gang members in western Mexico killed four security officials and two civilians and injured a dozen other people after an attack with explosives on Tuesday night, which the local government described as an "act of terror."
The blast that hit police and officials working at the Jalisco state attorney general's office was "an unprecedented act and shows what these organized crime groups are capable of", state governor Enrique Alfaro said on Twitter.
Describing it as an "act of terror", Alfaro said organized crime was trying to spread fear and panic.
A spokesperson for the Jalisco government said three of the dead worked at the attorney general's office, one was a local police officer and two were civilians.
Persons:
Tlajomulco de, Fernando Carranza, Enrique Alfaro, Alfaro, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Luis Rodriguez Bucio, Dave Graham, Natalia Siniawski, Jason Neely, David Gregorio Our
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Locations:
Jalisco, Tlajomulco, Tlajomulco de Zuniga, Mexico, Guadalajara, Guanajuato