一 | MEXICO CITY -- A local security secretary and 12 police officers were shot dead in Guerrero state Monday, authorities said, the worst episode in a day of violence across southwestern Mexico that killed at least 19 people.Another person was slain in the Guerrero state capital and five people, including a police officer, were killed in the neighboring state of Michoacan, officials said.Eleven people were initially reported killed in the attack in El Papayo, which is in the Guerrero township of Coyuca de Benítez on the Pacific Coast. Hours later, the state prosecutor's office said two more police officers had died.The secretary for security of Coyuca de Benítez was among those slain, said Gabriel Hernández Mendoza, state deputy prosecutor for investigations. He gave no further details.Rigoberto Acosta González, an academic and community leader, was reported shot to death in Chilpancingo, the Guerrero state capital 60 miles (95 kilometers) northeast of Coyuca de Benitez.In Michoacan, north of Guerrero, at least five people, including a police officer, were fatally shot and two others were injured, the office of the state’s attorney general said on X, formerly Twitter.Officials are finding themselves increasingly endangered in the region, where several powerful drug cartels continue to fight for control. According to figures from Common Cause, 341 police officers have been killed in Mexico so far this year. In 2022, at least 403 were slain.In the Michoacan incident, the bodies of the five slain people were found on a highway in the township of Tacambaro after an attack targeted the mayor's brother. The state prosecutor's office did not say if the mayor's brother was among the wounded.A video of the attack circulating on social media appeared to show heavy gunfire, followed by at least five armed men running to board a pickup truck.Despite the government sending more than 2,000 National Guard troops and military personnel last month, Michoacan remains one of the deadliest states in Mexico, according to the national security department.Several criminal groups are known to operate in the region, including the powerful Jalisco New Generation cartel, the Familia Michoacana, the Viagras and the Knights Templar.Gun violence has also spilled over into neighboring areas. On Sunday, a shootout at an illegal horse race killed five people and wounded five others in Queretaro, a central state on the northeastern border of Michoacan.。 “弯着腰，弓着背，撒欢干活儿不嫌累。”从3月初开始，绥中县小庄子镇多个地块呈现一片繁忙景象，男工背水管、运蒜种，女工蹲下身子，往地垄里插蒜。个个手脚麻利，还不时地交谈着，偶尔发出爽朗的笑声。图为村民们正在往地垄里插蒜。小庄子镇地理位置优越，土质肥沃，水源充沛，气候适宜，非常适合大蒜生长。几十年前，当地老百姓开始种蒜，尝到了甜头。受其影响，十余年来，当地政府积极倡导大力发展设施农业，让“浓郁的蒜香”萦绕乡村。杨力军是该镇叶大村种蒜大户，也是行家里手。4年前，他承包了50亩地，全部用来种蒜。“蒜种去年年底从山东购进，做好保暖措施，保证出苗率。3月5日开始种，3月10日前能种完。” 通过农村经纪人介绍，杨力军找来30余名帮手，多数是本地的，其他乡镇也有一小部分。“小庄子镇春耕较早，绥中西部山区等地较晚，有很多剩余劳动力。一开始，往地垄里并排插450米算一个工，一个工170元；等过几天大量种蒜劳动力短缺时，一个工200元。” 宋丽娜是个种蒜能手，3月5日6时，她与几名姐妹来到杨力军家的地块，众人从地头开始比着干。“一条垄沟里插两排蒜，行距七八厘米，种子间距3公分。蒜讲究浅种，离土层两厘米左右。这样一来，不仅出苗率高，而且蒜头长得特别大。” “年纪轻体力壮速度快的，一天能挣200多元，稍差的，将近200元。能干到3月下旬，挣个三四千元不成问题。每天虽然很乏累，但姐妹们说说笑笑，快乐时光抵消了乏累。”宋丽娜说。每亩地需要蒜种700余斤，杨力军粗略地算了一笔账，加上人工等费用，每亩地支出大约7000元。