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This aerial view shows the beaches in Acapulco, Guerrero state, Mexico on April 17, 2025. FRANCISCO ROBLES/AFP via Getty Images

Eight community police officers were killed and eight more were wounded in an ambush in the Mexican state of Guerrero, a region disputed by cartels.

The incident took place in Ayutla, some 60 miles from Acapulco, when officers who were on patrol came under fire last Saturday. Of those wounded, five remained hospitalized on Monday, according to Border Report. It added that the region is being disputed by more than a dozen gangs affiliated to different cartels, including Jalisco Nueva Generacion, La Familia Michoacana, Sinaloa and Beltran Leyva.

Guerrero Undersecretary of Government Francisco Rodriguez Cisneros told Milenio that state and federal officials were increasing their presence in the region.

"This part of the coast has had incidents that require everyone's involvement. When there is a situation of extraordinary violence, the federal government and the state government deploy all resources so we can resolve any situation," the official told press.

Such incidents are not rare in the country. In early June, Five Mexican police officers were killed in the southern state of Chiapas after being "ambushed" by an armed group.

"Members of the state police were attacked and ambushed," said Governor Eduardo Ramirez in a social media post. "I affirm there will be a clear and firm response," the governor added. He also shared the image of a burned vehicle on the side of the road. Mexican police later killed four suspected cartel members in the same area.

Days earlier, six special forces agents were killed and two more were seriously injured after a homemade explosive device was set off while they were conducting an operation in the state of Michoacan.

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