A state police officer was critically wounded when suspected drug cartel gunmen shot up a state police helicopter in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, a police official said.
The attack occurred while the helicopter was patrolling along mountains in the Coyame area between the border town of Ojinaga and Chihuahua City, State Public Safety Secretary Gilberto Loya said at a news conference Monday, Sept. 14.
The helicopter crew had spotted an armed group and alerted units on the ground on Saturday, Sept. 12, when the helicopter began taking gunfire from shooters on a mountainside, Loya said…