Villa_Unión_Municipality

Villa Unión Municipality

Villa Unión Municipality

Municipality in the Mexican state of Coahuila

Villa Unión is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Villa Unión. The municipality covers an area of 1540.3 km².

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As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 6,138.[1]

On November 29, 2019, four police officers and seven armed civilians, members of the Cartel del Noreste, were killed in a shootout during an attack on the Villa Unión Municipal palace. Six other police officers were injured.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Villa Unión". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved November 9, 2008.
  2. [2]
    "El gobernador de Coahuila confirma 11 muertos tras enfrentamiento" [Governor of Coahuila confirms 11 dead after shooting], Informador.mx (in Spanish), Nov 30, 2019


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