MEXICO: Another Copter Goes Down...In Apatzingan, Michoacan.

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   For the second time this week, a military helicopter has crashed ... in Apatzingan.
   A small 2-man copter had mechanical problems and landed in a tree.
   Earlier this week, a larger federal police helicopter was forced down outside Apatzingan after it was
fired on by narcos.
   Six police were aboard...and two were hurt...in a" hard landing."

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.

MEXICO: 11 Dec. UPDATE: 11 Dead After Morelia Narco Blockade; "La Familia Michoacana" Leader Moreno Gonzalez Said Dead.

LINK CHANGE/ LA TIMES/ Tracy Wilkinson/
    Federal police claim they killed Nazario Moreno González, a.k.a." El Chayo" or "El Mas Loco," one of two main leaders of La Familia narco terrorist gang in Michoacan during a bloody search.
    The search unleashed narco-blockades in Morelia, the hometown of President Calderon and shootouts that left 11 dead, including 5 federal police and an 8-month-old baby.  Three more officers were injured.
 Police said that La Familia gunmen carried away their dead and injured as they retreated, making an exact accounting of who and how many died impossible.
    Mexico expert George Grayson says “I would say losing "El Chayo" is a thorn in the side, not a dagger in the heart. El Chango is really the top leader.”