15 Mexican police officers were killed in an ambush.

Fifteen police officers were killed and five others wounded in an ambush in the Mexican state of Jalisco, prosecutors said.

Gunmen targeted a police convoy as it traveled along a highway to Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco state, on April 6. Security Commissioner Alejandro Solorio called it a "cowardly attack."

This area is the headquarters of a network of drug trafficking gangs known as the Jalisco New Generation. However, Security Commissioner Solorio did not mention which gang was behind the ambush.

The scene of the ambush in Mexico (photo: BBC)

The Jalisco New Generation is considered one of the most powerful gangs in Mexico and has been involved in large-scale drug trafficking operations along the Pacific coast.

Raul Benitez, a security expert at the National University of Mexico, believes that the attacks on the afternoon of April 6 were meticulously planned and orchestrated in advance.

"Many gunmen were involved in the ambush. They blocked the highway, surrounded and attacked the police," Raul Benitez told AP.

This was the latest ambush in a series of murders in the area over the past two weeks.

On March 19, a gunman shot and killed five police officers in an attack in Jalisco state. On April 6, the police chief of the town of Zacoalco de Torres, Jalisco state, was also killed.

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