Five people have been killed and twelve injured following an explosion outside a police station in Mexico's western state of Michoacan, where the government recently launched a large operation to quash escalating violence.
Border Report noted that the blast took place in the center of the town of Coahuayana, on the coast of Michoacan. According to the state's prosecutor's office, a pickup truck exploded outside the station, killing three members of a community police force and injuring five more.
