
The U.S. Intelligence Community
MORELIA, Michoacán — An army officer and eight cartel gunmen died in southern Mexico as military forces tried to capture a top leader of Los Viagras cartel. The shootout, which also left several soldiers and police officers injured, is just one of many recent cases of extreme violence in the coastal state of Michoacán despite officials’ claims that the region is safe.

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