Puerto Vallarta News

Puerto Vallarta News

Police unit in Puerto Vallarta ambushed; one dead

The Attorney General's Office (FGE) confirmed that a unit of the Puerto Vallarta police department was ambushed killing one policeman and injuring another in an area that leads from the community El Colorado to El Veladero.

FGE reported that the police officers were on regular patrol when they were attacked by an armed group late Friday night.

Members of the city police said they stopped having contact with their peers in the early morning hours on Saturday, so the search began.

15 city and regional police were involved in the search to locate the missing police officers.

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