The Guadalajara Reporter

Police officer killed as violence flares up on Jalisco’s southern coast

A heavy police and military presence descended on Jalisco’s southern coastal region this week, following several shootings, one of which resulted in the death of a municipal police officer.

Luis Antonio Espinoza Gomez was shot dead in downtown Cihuatlan on Sunday night while patrolling the streets on motorbike. He was killed on the corner of Aquiles Serdan and Lazaro Cardenas by four men dressed in black, at least one of whom was armed with an AK-47 assault rifle.

Espinoza died before paramedics could tend to him, while the assailants fled in a white Ford Lobo pickup truck toward the state of Colima. No arrests were made.

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