'All of these explosive devices are homemade, based on tutorials that can be found on the internet,' Mexico's defense secretary said.
The Mexican army said Tuesday that drug cartels have increased their use of roadside bombs or improvised explosive devices — especially bomb-dropping drones — this year, with 42 soldiers, police and suspects wounded by IEDs so far in 2023, up from 16 in 2022.appeared to include only those wounded by explosive devices, but officials have already acknowledged that at least one National Guard officer and four state police officers have been killed in two separate explosive attacks this year.
Soldiers patrol near the hamlet Plaza Vieja in the Michoacan state of Mexico, Oct. 28, 2021. The self-defense movement in the nearby town of Tepalcatepec, said improvised land mines severely damaged an army armored car on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. Overall, 556 improvised explosive devices of all types - roadside, drone-carried and car bombs - were found in 2023.
Sandoval said most of the devices appear to have been made with black powder"which is available in the marketplace," or more powerful blasting compounds stolen from mines.killed four police officers and two civilians
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