The Special Regional Prosecutor's Office of Jalisco began with an investigation folder to clarify the events that occurred in the afternoon, in the municipality of Lagos de Moreno, where a confrontation between security corporations and armed civilians left a balance of 3 people dead.
The events were recorded on the Lagos de Moreno-León highway, at the height of the town of Vista Hermosa, in Lagos de Moreno, Altos Norte region of the entity.
At that point, the police responded to a report of robbery with violence of a vehicle and were allegedly assaulted by a group of armed civilians.
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The officers repelled the aggression and began a chase with the support of personnel from the Secretariat of State Security and the National Guard.
After the events, the local authorities preliminarily reported that 3 alleged aggressors were killed by the security elements, as well as the arrest of 7 men and 1 woman.
They also reported the seizure of vehicles (without specifying how many and of what type), tactical equipment and firearms.
So far, personnel of the Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences (IJCF) assist in the proceedings, and made the fixation of various ballistic indications and firearms that were located inside the vehicle.
Likewise, an agent of the Public Prosecutor's Office, supported by elements of the Police under investigation, is working at the scene to establish the first lines of investigation and identify the participants in this aggression.
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