Police in ambush escorting a transfer of money to pay the pension of the elderly in Tamaulipas

A commando aboard several vehicles ambushed the state police escorting federal officials who would make payments to the pension program of the elderly in the municipality of Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas.

The events took place last Sunday and Three police officers were injured, Tamaulipas Public Security Ministry said.

Bansefi officials (bank responsible for paying federal supports)they ordered the community of Arcabuz to pay the pensions of the federal program to the elderly, but the event where the money would be handed over was to be suspended for the attack.

"The facts were recorded around 9:40 am Sunday when state troops came to support the payers of the federal program" 68 and Plus "and were transported to Bansef's payorI ", the statement continues.

During the trip, the officials were attacked with firearms from several vehiclesIn response, the state police repelled the attack, "to defend their lives".

Following the exchange of gunfire, two police officers were injured, one of them has been reported as being out of danger and the other is in a delicate state. A third security element was wounded after falling off one of the patrols.

During the exchange of gunshots, the police "only reached to appreciate a type of truck to pick up black, without being able to reach the aggressors ".

After the attack, about 20 federal patrols were mobilized to strengthen security in the region, local press reported.

This is the second violent event that occurred in less than a month in the municipality of Miguel Alemán, Since January 10, rival organized crime groups have faced each other, killing 30 people.

In the morning at press conferences andThe President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said today that "the dispersion of support for all federal programs has begun, It's hard for us because we need infrastructure, there is no connectivity throughout the country and there are no branches of banks all over the country, not even in the municipal capitals, we do not want to deliver in cash so that there is no corruption "said the president.