( Spanish) – The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, said this Friday that her government is finding out more details about the violent events that occurred this Thursday in Tabasco, a state in the southeast of the country, which left at least two people injured.
“Both the secretary is in contact [Omar] García Harfuch as the Secretary of National Defense with the governor [Javier] May to be able to support what is required, and we can later once we know in more detail, it is not that we do not know what happened, but it is important to know exactly why these fires broke out, as it will be reported,” he stated. Sheinbaum during his daily press conference.
The government of Tabasco assured this Thursday in a statement that federal and state forces had managed to contain order after a day of violence that affected its capital, Villahermosa, a city of more than 830,000 inhabitants.
The coordinator of Social Communication of Tabasco, Fernando Vázquez, reported that a state police unit was attacked by gunfire and two agents had suffered minor injuries. In another message, he called on the population to remain calm.
has requested a comment from the Tabasco Prosecutor’s Office to find out more details about the events, with no response so far.
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