An intense shootout was reported in La Piedad, Michoacan, when members of the Knights Templar Cartel attacked the Federal Police's base located in that town. The gunmen surrounded the base with approximately 50 vehicles and started shooting at the installations. Reports indicate that the cartel gunmen where trying to execute Miguel Angel Rosas, captain of the Federal Police force in that region, and 30 other police officers in their sleep but the policemen quickly woke and started to retaliate.
The confrontation lasted about an hour and horrified the entire population with assault rifle shots and grenade detonations that could be heard from a distance of a mile. Three cartel gunmen and 7 seven policemen were killed and three more were injured.
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