At least 12 people died after ambushing police officers and shooting

Four police officers were shot dead after being ambushed in western Mexico, and as many as eight suspected attackers were killed in a shooting battle with other police rushing to the scene, officials said Thursday. ..

 Attorney General Luis Joaquin Mendes of western Jalisco said four police officers in the city of Elsart answered calls late Wednesday about armed men in their homes.

 When they arrived, the woman answered the door and she said nothing was wrong with her. However, prosecutors said later, internal gunmen fired at police officers, some of whom were dragged into their homes and killed.

 Officials said police reinforcements had appeared and engaged in a shootout with the suspect, killing eight and injuring three.

 Later, the public prosecutor's office said nine bodies were found at home-4 policemen and 5 suspected shooters. Three more bodies (two men and one woman) were found at a nearby facility, they said.

 
Prosecutors believe the dead probably detained victims of kidnapping at a facility Said to be a member of the gang. Investigators also found another man's hacked body in a plastic bag.  

"Mexico now lives. In Jalisco, it is clear that there can be no ploy for those who robbed us of peace and tranquility." Governor of Jalisco Enrique Alfaro isFacebook

I was seen taking him, officials said.

Several people were arrested and weapons and ammunition were confiscated.

El Salto's police chief, Ricardo Santilán, called the shooting a "cowardly act."

Number of Bishops of the Roman Catholic Mexican Council issued a public letter on Thursday calling on the government to change course of security. And in northern Mexico, three days after, two Jesuit priests were allegedly killed by leaders of drug groups in remote churches. town.

"It's time to revise the failing security policy," the bishops wrote, calling for a "national dialogue" to find a solution.

President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador declares that his government is no longer focused on detaining drug cartel leaders, and in 2019 he will avoid bloodshed. Ordered the release of the captive leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.

Lopez Obrador tolerated the gang, even temporarily praising the gang for not interfering with the election, implementing a strategy he called "hugs, not bullets." It may appear to be.

At a daily morning news briefing, Lopez Obrador, asked if he intends to change his strategy, said, "No, rather the opposite. This is the right path."

He faced a question about the fact that he was killed more during his three and a half years in office than all six years under President Felipe Calderon from 2006 to 2012. Unnecessary bloodshed.

"The murder rate only peaked and Calderon was not so handed over to the country. He ratcheted it," Lopez Obrador said.

Official statistics show that the presence of criminal groups killed 10 police officers this year in Jalisco, one of Mexico's most violent states.

The country's most prosperous western region is the birthplace of a powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, where authorities have accused numerous deaths and disappearances. The Justice Ministry considers the Jalisco New Generation Cartel to be "one of the five most dangerous cross-border criminal organizations in the world."   

Its leader, Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera, is one of the most wanted drug trafficking organizations in the world, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has arrested 1,000 for his arrest. We are offering $ 10,000.

"He is a top priority for DEA and, frankly, a top priority for US federal law enforcement agencies," said DEA agent Matthew Nahue on CBS.{

Last month, Mexican authorities told the news that the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartelsuspect-Francisco known as "El Senoron" or "XL" I captured Javier Rodriguez Hernandez.