This Thursday morning a car bomb exploded in front of the facilities of the Public Security Secretariat of Acámbaro, in Guanajuato. The authorities of that municipality —located a little more than 250 kilometers from the state capital— They assured that it was an attack. After the explosion, three police officers were reported injured, however, one officer is in serious condition. A few hours earlier, without it yet being proven whether the attacks were carried out in a coordinated manner, another car bomb and the burning of several vehicles, including a patrol car, were reported in the neighboring municipality of Jerécuaro, where the images after the explosion show of the destruction of homes and surrounding premises.
In the first case, in Acámbaro, the Security Secretariat has reported that its building, located on Río Colorado Street, corner with Josefa Ortez, has suffered material damage, as well as some four surrounding houses and seven vehicles parked in the area. According to police reports, the car that exploded, a sedan-type car allegedly reported stolen, was abandoned by unknown individuals a few hours earlier in front of the facilities, located in the Los Pinos neighborhood. “A car bomb attack outside the Acámbaro public security building resulted in three injured police officers, one of whom was a female who was taken to a hospital in serious condition and two males with superficial injuries that did not require transfer to any hospital,” they said. in a statement published a few hours after the events.

About 33 kilometers away, in the neighboring municipality of Jerécuaro, at approximately 5:40 a.m. a strong explosion was reported that left four vehicles damaged and damage was also recorded to the facades that are on Calzada Juárez. Fortunately. The scenes recorded by residents of the municipality after the explosion show the destruction in the center of that town, which affected commercial premises and some nearby houses.
The governor of Guanajuato, Libya Dennise García Muñoz Ledo, reported that she has canceled her public agenda after these events, to remain in charge of the operation to clarify them and to call a joint meeting with the municipal presidents of Acámbaro and Jerécuaro: “I want to be very emphatically: our priority is the pacification of Guanajuato, and we will achieve this complex task together. “We are immediately deploying an operation by land and air with the State Public Security Forces in support of the municipal police and in coordination with Sedena.”
A few hours later, and after holding the meetings, García Muñoz Ledo said that as soon as they heard about the explosions, a coordinated sea and land operation of security forces was deployed. And he emphasized: “The events recorded this morning in the municipalities of Acámbaro and Jerécuaro are acts that in no way are going to stop the coordinated work between the three levels of Government to bring peace to Guanajuato. “This joint work will be intensified even further, especially with intelligence actions to prevent criminal acts.”
Given the events that occurred in Acámbaro and Jerécuaro, I want to be very emphatic: our priority is the pacification of #Guanajuatoand we will achieve this complex task together.
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– Libya Dennise (@LibiaDennise) October 24, 2024
President Claudia Sheinbaum was questioned about the first car bomb that was reported, in Acámbaro, and assured that the Attorney General’s Office was already aware of the case and was carrying out the pertinent investigations. In an information card, the FGR confirmed that the Criminal Investigation Agency is already collecting information about what happened. At the moment, in the two Guanajuato municipalities, no injured civilians have been reported.
Just three days ago, a confrontation took place between criminals and police from the same Security Secretariat, in the community of La Carpa, very close to Acámbaro and on the highway that connects that municipality with Jerécuaro. Three young men aged 17, 18 and 19 were arrested for being allegedly responsible for the attack on the agents. The authorities and the neighbors themselves warned not to circulate in that area for safety. The municipalities of Acámbaro and Jerécuaro, in Guanajuato, border with the State of Michoacán, in a region disputed by drug trafficking groups.