MEXICO: Narcos "Force Down" Police Helicopter In Michoacan.

AP/ M.HERALD/ BREAKING...With Few Details!

   Gunmen shot at and forced a Russian-made MI-17 federal police helicopter to make a "hard landing"...injuring 3 officers...near Apatzingan, Michoacan, the stronghold of the La Familia narcos.

     Last week, federal police captured an abandoned improvised tank (below), a pickup truck fitted with steel and a 360 degree turret in Jalisco.