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The United States Department of Agriculture announces a temporary suspension on imports of mangoes and avocados from Michoacán, Mexico, after an incident that reportedly caused security concerns for safety inspectors.
2024-06-18

Four Mexican soldiers are killed by an improvised explosive device in a trap near Aguililla, Michoacán, Mexico. The soldiers were inspecting a camp, likely used by cartel members, when they stepped on an anti-personnel mine set in the underbrush.
2024-03-1

The Mexican government says that it has deployed 1,200 more troops to the Mexican state of Michoacán after drug cartel violence has been reported over the weekend.
2023-08-28

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Michoacán, Mexico, killing two people and wounding 12 others.
2022-09-19

A gang shoots down a police helicopter near Apatzingán, Michoacán, killing four people. The police had been conducting an operation against criminal groups and drug cartels.
2016-09-7

Mexico's National Human Rights Commission says 22 people were executed by federal police during the 2015 Ecuandureo shootout in the western state of Michoacán last year.
2016-08-18

At least 42 members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and two Federal Police officers are killed in a shootout in the state of Michoacán. The death toll is preliminary and is expected to rise.
2015-05-22

Mexican police rescue 458 children and 138 adults from a Great Family Group Home in Michoacán state where they were allegedly badly mistreated including sexual abuse.
2014-07-15

At least five people are killed as suspected gang members go on rampage in drug-violence-ravaged western state of Michoacán.
2012-08-11

Nazario Moreno González, the leader of the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel, is killed in a shootout with police in Michoacán, Mexico.
2010-12-11