Two federal police officers are dead and nine others wounded after they were ambushed in Michoacan state “where the cult-like Knights Templar drug cartel has seized control of much of the local economy and challenged the power of local government” as reported by Richard Fausset for the Los Angeles Times.
Mexico may fall and become a narco state according to Finance Minister Luis Videgaray:
“The challenge isn’t only for Michoacan. The challenge is for all Mexicans,” he said. “Today in Michoacan, the Mexican state is threatened, the rule of law is threatened, and we are confronting one of the great challenges that the nation faces.”
Good thing the United States has a secure border to prevent the narco insurgency from flowing north (except, of course, for the $50 billion in narco products and bundled cash which crosses back and forth each year).
Filed under: Mexican Drug Cartels, Organized Crime Tagged: Drug Trafficking, Knights Templar, Murder
