As a result of a mine explosion in Mexico, 2 soldiers were killed, and 2 soldiers fell into a booby trap in the same region.

Two Mexican soldiers were killed as a result of the explosion second fatality This week there was a homemade mine on the island a western nation plagued by crimeauthorities said Wednesday.

According to “El Universal” newspaper, the soldiers were trying to turn off the device when it exploded.

The explosion happened in Buenavista on Tuesday evening Michoacán– said the state prosecutor’s office.

A military source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said troops were searching for similar devices believed to have been deployed in the region.

On Monday, two Mexican soldiers were killed and five wounded in another improvised explosive device explosion in the same area. Before the explosionthe soldiers said that they discovered the dismembered bodies of 3 people.

Defense Minister Ricardo Trevilla said Tuesday that the device was planted by members of a local criminal group waging a turf war with a larger drug cartel.

According to him, since the end of 2018, six soldiers have been killed by similar improvised devices.

Mexico has been plagued by widespread drug-related violence that has killed more than 450,000 people since the government sent in the army to fight human trafficking in 2006, according to official figures.

Only in the previous details report on cartel bomb attacks In August 2023, the defense department said at the time that a total of 42 soldiers, police and suspects were injured by IEDs in the first seven and a half months of 2023, up from 16 in 2022.

In total, in 2023, 556 IEDs of all types – roadside, drones and car bombs – were detected. news release last year.