Two Police Officers Killed in Mexico Operation to Free Two Kidnap Victims
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- Two federal agents were killed and another was wounded during an operation in Omealca, Veracruz, Mexico.
- Authorities nevertheless rescued two people who had been kidnapped, Mexico’s security chief Omar García Harfuch said.
Two police officers were killed and another wounded in an armed attack during an operation to free two kidnapping victims in Omealca, in Mexico’s Veracruz state.
Omar García Harfuch, head of Mexico’s Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection, reported the attack on Saturday. Despite the casualties, authorities completed the rescue of the two victims.
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Originally published by Proceso Digital in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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