This event took place several years ago in Tanhauto, Michoacan, Mexico, near it's border with Jalisco (CJNG territory). Federal Police raided a remote CJNG cartel-affiliated ranch and warehouse after one of their units was fired on by a truck they tried to pull over. They received word that a remote property was housing many gunmen and cartel members. About 100 Federal Police, including a Black Hawk helicopter, were eventually part of a shootout that would last for 3 hours Most of the police had come in as calls for back-ups were made by the original units). In the end, 43 sicarios and 1 police officer were dead.
The police had allegedly called, over a mega-phone, to the gunmen to surrender but they refused and continued to fire. A number of gunmen had hidden in a warehouse and were shooting at the Black Hawk when the helicopter returned fire (shooting through the corrugated tin roof) and many fled into the fields, where they were shot.
This isn't all of the photos but gives folks a good idea of how many were killed.
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2. Gunmen who opened fire on the initial police units were killed at the front of the ranch.
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5. Gunmen killed in the warehouse whenthe Black Hawk helicopter shot down through the roof.
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7. Many of the following dead were gunmen who tried to get across the fields and into the trees...none made it.
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And that's all she wrote
The police had allegedly called, over a mega-phone, to the gunmen to surrender but they refused and continued to fire. A number of gunmen had hidden in a warehouse and were shooting at the Black Hawk when the helicopter returned fire (shooting through the corrugated tin roof) and many fled into the fields, where they were shot.
This isn't all of the photos but gives folks a good idea of how many were killed.
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2. Gunmen who opened fire on the initial police units were killed at the front of the ranch.
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5. Gunmen killed in the warehouse whenthe Black Hawk helicopter shot down through the roof.
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7. Many of the following dead were gunmen who tried to get across the fields and into the trees...none made it.
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And that's all she wrote