11 injured in car bomb attack on Zacatecas police station

Zacatecas Attorney General Cristian Camacho said Monday that authorities were investigating whether the attack was linked to the capture on Saturday of an 18-year-old man who is allegedly a sicario (hit man) for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

Zacatecas is key to the drug trade because it links central Mexico with the north and west of the country and features routes that are key to smuggling cocaine and other narcotics to the United States.

The blast happened in the town of Ojocaliente in Zacatecas, a state with key routes for drug trafficking.