Two Mexican soldiers were killed in the explosion. second fatal accident An improvised landmine was planted this week. Western states where crime is commonauthorities announced on Wednesday.
El Universal newspaper said soldiers were trying to deactivate the device when it exploded.
The explosion occurred late Tuesday in Buena Vista. Michoacánannounced the state prosecutor’s office.
An anonymous military official said the military was searching for similar devices believed to have been installed in the area.
On Monday, another improvised mine explosion in the same area killed two Mexican soldiers and injured five others. before the explosionOfficials said soldiers found the dismembered bodies of three people.
The device is suspected to have been planted by members of a local criminal group in a turf war with a larger drug cartel, Defense Minister Ricardo Torrevira announced on Tuesday.
He said six other soldiers had been killed by similar improvised devices since late 2018.
More than 450,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence in Mexico since 2006, when the government sent in the military to combat trafficking, according to official figures.
In the only previous details Reports on cartel bomb attacks In August 2023, the Department of Defense announced at the time that a total of 42 soldiers, police officers, and suspects were injured by IEDs in the first seven and a half months of 2023, up from 16 in all of 2022.
In a news release last year, the military said it had discovered a total of 556 improvised explosive devices of all types in 2023, including roadside bombs, drone-borne bombs and car bombs.
