2 soldiers killed by landmine blast in Mexico day after 2 troops killed by booby trap in same region

A blast killed two Mexican soldiers in the second deadly incident this week involving an improvised landmine in a crime-plagued western state, authorities said Wednesday.

According to the El Universal newspaper, the soldiers were trying to deactivate the device when it exploded.

The blast happened late on Tuesday in Buenavista in Michoacan, the state prosecutor's office said.