Events: Topics: On August 24, 2022, eight people were killed in the city of Tuzantla, Michoacán, in Mexico, after a firefight between rival factions of La Familia Michoacana.
The state of Michoacán, in south-central Mexico, has had a heavy cartel presence since the early 2010s.
[3] Four pickup trucks were torched, and civilians stated houses on the streets where fighting broke out were raided.
[4] The bodies of eight civilians killed during the fighting were discovered in a butterfly sanctuary near Tuzantla.
[6] The Mexican National Guard announced the creation of a new post in Melchor Ocampo, near Tuzantla.