Federal and state authorities deployed operations in Guerrero and Morelos to arrest those involved in the attack against elements of the SSPC in Acapulco.
Mexico City, October 19 (However).- The Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) reported this Sunday that authorities federal and state Guerrero y Morelos they achieved the detention of six personas who allegedly participated in a assault contra security elements in Acapulco.
In a statementthe agency detailed that among the detained There is a subject identified as head of square by one group criminal that operates in the puerto.
According to official information, elements of the SSPC who were carrying out surveillance work in Acapulco neighborhoods were attacked by gunshots by armed individuals traveling aboard a motorcycle, which sparked a confrontation between the uniformed officers and the aggressors.
After the attack against agents of @SSPCMexico In Acapulco, where three colleagues were injured and a criminal lost his life, coordinated operations were carried out with @GabSeguridadMX, @Gob_Guerrero, @Fiscalia_Mor y @sspc_Morelos.
Result: 6 detainees, security… pic.twitter.com/bfW3BQ0ghK
— Omar H Garcia Harfuch (@OHarfuch) October 19, 2025
As a result of these events, three agents were injured, for which they were taken to a hospital for treatment; On the other hand, one of the attackers who was also injured was arrested at the scene and taken to a hospital under police custody, while another subject lost his life.
As a result of this attack, authorities deployed an operation to identify other possible participants, with which they managed to identify a blue van in which three individuals who were allegedly linked to the attack were traveling.
The vehicle was intercepted on the Del Sol highway, near the Paso-Morelos booth, and after a routine inspection, 90 doses of glass and 10 of marijuana were found, for which the three passengers of the vehicle were arrested.
After an attack on elements of #SSPC in #Guerrerosix people were arrested. pic.twitter.com/7xNooQuZqN
— Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (@SSPCMexico) October 19, 2025
As part of these operations, in Cuernavaca, Morelos, the arrest of a man identified as the head of a criminal group with operations in Acapulco, Guerrero, as well as a woman who accompanied him, was arrested.
Finally, thanks to an alert from monitoring centers, authorities identified a home where three short firearms, a long gun, new magazines, more than 200 useful cartridges and a motorcycle were seized.
Agents from the SSPC, Secretariat of National Defense (Defense), Secretariat of the Navy (Semar), Attorney General’s Office (FGR), National Guard (GN), Guerrero State Police, Prosecutor’s Office and Morelos State Police participated in the arrest of the six subjects related to the attack on security elements in Acapulco.