Mexico: Suspected car bomb explodes in the city of Celaya amid cartel turf war


An apparent booby trap or car bomb has exploded in a cartel-dominated Mexican city, wounding several officers of the country’s National Guard who approached the vehicle to inspect it.

The National Guard said on Thursday that the explosion occurred late Wednesday in the city of Celaya, in the north-central state of Guanajuato, where the Jalisco and Santa Rosa de Lima drug cartels have been fighting a bloody turf war for years.

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Source: Al Jazeera