Traditional and indigenous community police in Mexico under fire from drug cartels

TANGAMANDAPIO, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s traditional and indigenous community police are becoming increasingly deadly at the hands of drug cartels, authorities said Monday.

Adrián López, chief prosecutor in the western state of Michoacan, confirmed that gunmen linked to drug cartels shot dead seven members of the local police in the city of Coahuayana over the weekend.

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