Villa Unión is one of the 38

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, in north-eastern

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. The municipal seat lies at Villa Unión. The municipality covers an area of 1540.3 km². As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 6,138. On November 29, 2019, four police officers and seven armed civilians, members of the Cartel del Noreste, were killed in a

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during an attack on the Villa Unión Municipal palace. Six other police officers were injured.

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Municipalities of Coahuila {{Coahuila-geo-stub