Gunmen kill 24 people in attack on Mexican drug rehab centre
4 years, 5 months ago

Gunmen kill 24 people in attack on Mexican drug rehab centre

Al Jazeera  

Attack in Guanajuato is one of the worst mass slayings since President Lopez Obrador took office in December 2018. At least 24 people were killed in an armed attack on a drug rehabilitation facility in the central Mexican city of Irapuato, Mexican police said on Wednesday, underlining the challenge the government has in fulfilling a pledge to stop gang violence. The attack was one of the worst mass slayings since President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office 19 months ago pledging to reduce record levels of violence. At least 26 people were killed in an arson attack by suspected gang members on a bar in the southern Mexican port of Coatzacoalcos last August.

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Six dead and 10 wounded in Mexico bar shooting
1 month ago

Six dead and 10 wounded in Mexico bar shooting

Deccan Chronicle  

At least six people were killed and 10 wounded early Sunday in an armed attack at a bar in the city of Villahermosa, in the southeastern Mexican state of Tabasco, local authorities said. "Armed persons" entered the bar "looking for a specific person" and the shots hit those nearby, state deputy prosecutor Gilberto Melquiades said at a press conference, adding …

Gunmen in southeast Mexico open fire in a bar killing 6 and injuring 5 as violence spirals
1 month ago

Gunmen in southeast Mexico open fire in a bar killing 6 and injuring 5 as violence spirals

Associated Press  

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Gunmen opened fire early Sunday at a bar in southeast Mexico, killing six people and injuring at least five others, according to local media reports. Public Safety Secretary Omar García Harfuch said on X that the shooting happened in Villahermosa and that federal authorities are working with local officials to help solve the crime. Earlier …

At least 15 dead as inmates clash at notorious Ecuadorian prison
1 month, 1 week ago

At least 15 dead as inmates clash at notorious Ecuadorian prison

CNN  

CNN — At least 15 people have been killed and 14 injured in clashes between inmates at one of Ecuador’s largest and most notorious prisons, local authorities say. The violence broke out early Tuesday in one of the pavilions at Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil, according to national prison agency SNAI. Inmates' relatives embrace outside the Litoral …

Horrifying moment gang of four masked gunmen shoot dead 10 people in bloody bar room massacre before fleeing in a pick-up truck and setting it alight
1 month, 1 week ago

Horrifying moment gang of four masked gunmen shoot dead 10 people in bloody bar room massacre before fleeing in a pick-up truck and setting it alight

Daily Mail  

This is the horrifying moment a gang of four masked gunmen killed 10 people in a bloody massacre, before fleeing in a pick-up truck and setting it on fire. At least 10 people - seven men and three women - were killed and 13 others injured, two seriously, according to Public Security official Juan Luis Ferrusca Ortiz. The gunmen arriving …

Gunmen kill 10 in central Mexico bar attack
1 month, 1 week ago

Gunmen kill 10 in central Mexico bar attack

Raw Story  

Gunmen burst into a bar in central Mexico and opened fire, killing 10 people and sowing panic in an area that had been spared the worst of the country's raging criminal violence. The attack late Saturday on Los Cantaritos bar in Queretaro's downtown district left 10 people dead and 13 injured, two of them critically, according to state governor Mauricio …

Mexico mass shooting: Gunmen kill 10 people at bar in Queretaro, horrific CCTV footage surfaces – India TV
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mexico mass shooting: Gunmen kill 10 people at bar in Queretaro, horrific CCTV footage surfaces – India TV

India TV News  

Mexico City: Gunmen killed 10 people in a bar in the central Mexican state of Queretaro late, authorities said on Saturday, adding to a wave of violent crime that is gripping several areas of the country. The incident took place in a bar in the downtown area of the state's capital, also known as Queretaro, where four gunmen entered, killing …

10 dead as gunmen open fire in central Mexico bar
1 month, 2 weeks ago

10 dead as gunmen open fire in central Mexico bar

Live Mint  

Ten people were killed after gunmen in a truck opened fire in a bar in central Mexico, authorities said on Sunday. The attack on Los Cantaritos bar in Queretaro's downtown district left 10 people dead and at least seven injured, said the city's public security department chief Juan Luis Ferrusca. "Emergency services arrived at the scene and confirmed that at …

Brutal gang attack on a small Haitian town killed at least 70 people, U.N. says
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Brutal gang attack on a small Haitian town killed at least 70 people, U.N. says

LA Times  

Kenyan police officers stationed in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as part of an effort to control violent gangs stand at attention as Kenyan President William Ruto, right, arrives at their base for a recent visit. The tally of victims killed in this week’s brutal attack on a small town in central Haiti by heavily armed gang members has risen to at least …

Gunmen burst into a Mexican drug rehab center and kill 4 men and wound 2 others
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Gunmen burst into a Mexican drug rehab center and kill 4 men and wound 2 others

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Assailants shot to death four men and wounded two others in an attack at a Mexican drug rehabilitation center, officials said Wednesday. Mexico’s privately run drug rehabilitation centers are often abusive, clandestine, unregulated and underfunded. Mexican drug gangs have killed suspected street-level dealers from rival gangs sheltering at such facilities in the past. In 2020, gunmen shot …

Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections than before
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections than before

Associated Press  

COTIJA, Mexico — Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role than before in Sunday’s elections that will determine the presidency, nine governorships and about 19,000 mayorships and other local posts. The country’s powerful drug cartels have long staged targeted assassinations of mayoral and other local candidates who threaten their control. On Wednesday, the last official …

Gunmen in Ecuador kill 8, injure 8 others in attack in coastal city of Guayaquil as violence surges
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Gunmen in Ecuador kill 8, injure 8 others in attack in coastal city of Guayaquil as violence surges

The Independent  

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A Spike in Violence Rattles Ecuador as Nightclub Arson Kills 2 and False Bomb Sparks Evacuation
11 months, 1 week ago

A Spike in Violence Rattles Ecuador as Nightclub Arson Kills 2 and False Bomb Sparks Evacuation

News 18  

A fake bomb threat rattled the capital of Ecuador on Thursday, sparking the mobilization of an anti-explosives unit to a bustling area, while authorities in a city west of Quito responded to a nightclub arson that killed two people as the South American country staggers under a spike in violence. Police said they were forced to evacuate people from Playón …

Group turned away at Mexican holiday party returned with gunmen killing 11, investigators say
1 year ago

Group turned away at Mexican holiday party returned with gunmen killing 11, investigators say

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Survivors of a Sunday massacre in central Mexico told investigators that a group of people turned away from a holiday party returned later with gunmen who killed 11 and wounded 14, authorities said Tuesday. Navigio Agustín Gallardo Romero, a Guanajuato state prosecutor, said nine men and two women were killed. The state prosecutor’s office had revised the …

16 killed in Christmas-season shootings in central Mexico state of Guanajuato
1 year ago

16 killed in Christmas-season shootings in central Mexico state of Guanajuato

The Hindu  

Gunmen attacked a Christmas season party early on December 17, killing a dozen people in the town of Salvatierra in Mexico’s north-central State of Guanajuato, prosecutors said. Meanwhile, in the Caribbean coast resort of Tulum, three men were shot to death and four people were wounded in an attack at a bar on Dec. 17, authorities said. Quintana Roo state …

Mexico shootings: 16 killed after gunmen attack people returning from Christmas party in Guanajuato
1 year ago

Mexico shootings: 16 killed after gunmen attack people returning from Christmas party in Guanajuato

India TV News  

At least 16 people were killed and several others injured after the gunmen attacked a Christmas season party early on Sunday in the town of Salvatierra in Mexico's north-central state of Guanajuato. According to the local media, the gunmen in Salvatierra attacked people when they were leaving an event hall following a Christmas party known as a “posada”. Mexico: 11 …

16 killed in Christmas-season shootings in central Mexico state of Guanajuato
1 year ago

16 killed in Christmas-season shootings in central Mexico state of Guanajuato

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Gunmen attacked a Christmas season party early Sunday, killing a dozen people in the town of Salvatierra in Mexico’s north-central state of Guanajuato, prosecutors said. Local media said the victims in Salvatierra were leaving an event hall following a Christmas party known as a “posada” when they were gunned down. Quintana Roo state prosecutors said a preliminary …

At least 11 dead after clash between gang and villagers in central Mexico
1 year ago

At least 11 dead after clash between gang and villagers in central Mexico

Al Jazeera  

At least 11 people have been killed in a violent confrontation between suspected gang members and residents of a small farming town in central Mexico, authorities have said. Local media said gunmen belonging to Familia Michoacana, a drug cartel blamed for the massacre of 20 people in neighbouring Guerrero state last year, had arrived at the village demanding local farmers …

Eleven killed after drunk man returns to fire-bomb bar in Mexico border city
1 year, 5 months ago

Eleven killed after drunk man returns to fire-bomb bar in Mexico border city

The Independent  

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Mexico: 11 killed as man sets bar on fire after being kicked out for disrespectful behaviour
1 year, 5 months ago

Mexico: 11 killed as man sets bar on fire after being kicked out for disrespectful behaviour

India TV News  

A man was arrested on Saturday in Mexico's San Luis Rio Colorado city for allegedly setting a bar on fire, that killed 11 people, in Mexico's Sonora state after being kicked out for behaving disrespectfully with women, according to officials. Authorities said that the suspecr threw a Molotov cocktail at the Beer House bar in a drunken state on Saturday …

Death toll rises to 46 in Honduran women’s prison gang violence
1 year, 6 months ago

Death toll rises to 46 in Honduran women’s prison gang violence

Al Jazeera  

Authorities say they are working to identify bodies burned during rioting on Tuesday. The number of people killed during a spate of rioting and fires at a Honduran women’s prison this week has risen to 46 with dozens of families waiting for the bodies of their loved ones to be released. The shooting and burning of dozens of people, one …

Gunmen shoot up resort in central Mexico, killing 7 people
1 year, 8 months ago

Gunmen shoot up resort in central Mexico, killing 7 people

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A band of gunmen invaded a resort where dozens of vacationers were spending the weekend in central Mexico and opened fire, killing six adults and a 7-year-old, authorities said. Officials in the Cortazar municipality in Guanajuato state said in a statement that an eighth person was seriously wounded in the midafternoon attack at the La Palma resort. …

Minor among 7 killed by gunmen at water park in central Mexico
1 year, 8 months ago

Minor among 7 killed by gunmen at water park in central Mexico

India Today  

Gunmen stormed a water park in central Mexico on Saturday and killed six adults and a child, unleashing panic among those present, local authorities said. three dead women, three men and a seven-year-old minor, in addition to one person seriously wounded," said a statement from City Hall in Cortazar, the municipality where the attack took place. READ | Gunfire, explosions …

Gang leader freed in Mexico prison attack that killed 17
1 year, 11 months ago

Gang leader freed in Mexico prison attack that killed 17

The Independent  

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14 killed in attack on prison in Mexico border city
1 year, 11 months ago

14 killed in attack on prison in Mexico border city

Al Jazeera  

Ten prison guards and four inmates killed after gunmen attack prison in Ciudad Juarez, say officials. Gunmen have attacked a Mexican prison in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, leaving at least 14 people dead and allowing 24 inmates to escape, according to state officials. The Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office said in a statement on Sunday that the attackers …

Bar shooting leaves 9 dead in central Mexican state, gang war suspected
2 years, 1 month ago

Bar shooting leaves 9 dead in central Mexican state, gang war suspected

India Today  

A shooting left nine dead and two wounded at a bar in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, which has increasingly suffered from cartel violence, local authorities said Thursday. An armed group arrived at the bar around 9 pm Wednesday in the town of Apaseo el Alto, outside of Celaya, and opened fire on those inside, authorities said in a …

Mexico: 12 killed as gunmen open fire at bar in Irapuato city
2 years, 2 months ago

Mexico: 12 killed as gunmen open fire at bar in Irapuato city

India TV News  

Highlights "Security personnel immediately moved to the scene," the government said in a Twitter post Paramedics treated three injured people and confirmed the death of six men and six women, they said A search operation for those responsible is underway Mexico: At least 12 people were killed after unidentified gunmen opened fire in the city of Irapuato in Mexico's Guanajuato. …

Drug gang kills 20 in attack on city hall in southern Mexico
2 years, 2 months ago

Drug gang kills 20 in attack on city hall in southern Mexico

Associated Press  

SAN MIGUEL TOTOLAPAN, Mexico — A drug gang shot to death 20 people, including a mayor and his father, in the mountains of the southern Mexico state of Guerrero, officials said Thursday. The Guerrero state security council said gunmen burst into the town hall in the village of San Miguel Totolapan Wednesday and opened fire on a meeting the mayor …

Attack in Mexican town kills 20, including mayor, officials say
2 years, 2 months ago

Attack in Mexican town kills 20, including mayor, officials say

Al Jazeera  

Attack comes amid ongoing violence and discussions over the controversial security policies of President Lopez Obrador. Gunmen allegedly affiliated with a drug gang have killed 20 people, including a mayor, in an attack in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, local officials said. “This act occurred in the context of a dispute between criminal gangs,” Ricardo Mejia, Mexico’s assistant secretary …

Mexico cartel violence leaves several dead and property destroyed after week of fighting
2 years, 4 months ago

Mexico cartel violence leaves several dead and property destroyed after week of fighting

ABC  

Two Mexican cities along the border with the United States are on high alert after a week of cartel violence across the country. Key points: Dozens of cars have been hijacked and burned during a week of cartel violence Tijuana's mayor has urged cartels to keep the violence between themselves and not innocent civilians Widespread violence started earlier in the …

Mexican border cities hit by burning vehicles, blockades
2 years, 4 months ago

Mexican border cities hit by burning vehicles, blockades

Associated Press  

TIJUANA, Mexico — The Mexican border cities of Tijuana and Mexicali along with Rosarito and Ensenada were hit by gang violence that included vehicles being set ablaze and road blockades. “Today we are saying to the organized crime groups that are committing these crimes, that Tijuana is going to remain open and take care of its citizens,” Caballero said in …

Mexican border cities hit by burning vehicles, blockades
2 years, 4 months ago

Mexican border cities hit by burning vehicles, blockades

LA Times  

The Mexican border cities of Tijuana, Mexicali, Rosarito and Ensenada were hit by gang violence that included vehicles being set ablaze and road blockades. Late Friday, the U.S. Consulate General in Tijuana said in a statement that it “is aware of reports of multiple vehicle fires, roadblocks, and heavy police activity in Tijuana, Mexicali, Rosarito, Ensenada, and Tecate.” On Saturday, …

5 teens, elderly woman dead after gunmen open fire on students in Mexico
2 years, 6 months ago

5 teens, elderly woman dead after gunmen open fire on students in Mexico

India Today  

Gunmen killed five high school students and an adult in a street shooting in central Mexico, local authorities said on Tuesday. "Unfortunately we can say that a few hours ago in the Barron community six people lost their lives in an armed attack," said Cesar Prieto, mayor of the city in Guanajuato state. The mass shooting happened just two weeks …

Dozens dead in latest Ecuador prison riot
2 years, 7 months ago

Dozens dead in latest Ecuador prison riot

Al Jazeera  

Authorities say at least 43 people killed after a fight broke out between rival gangs at prison 80km from Quito. Dozens of people have been killed in a fight between rival gangs inside a prison in Ecuador, the public prosecutor’s office said, in the latest instance of deadly prison violence in the South American nation. Authorities said a fight broke …

19 Bodies Found After Shooting in Central Mexico
2 years, 8 months ago

19 Bodies Found After Shooting in Central Mexico

News 18  

Nineteen people were shot and killed in central Mexico on Sunday, the State Attorney General’s Office said in a statement. The attack was believed to be motivated by “revenge” by one cell of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel against another, deputy security minister Ricardo Mejia said. Earlier this month gunmen killed nine people in an attack on a house in …

19 killed in shootout in central Mexico
2 years, 8 months ago

19 killed in shootout in central Mexico

India Today  

Nineteen people were shot and killed in central Mexico on Sunday, the State Attorney General's Office said in a statement. Federal authorities are working "with the aim of capturing those responsible for the violent acts," the office of Michoacan's secretary of public security said on Twitter. The attack was believed to be motivated by "revenge" by one cell of the …

5 suspected cartel gunmen dead in massive Mexico firefight
2 years, 9 months ago

5 suspected cartel gunmen dead in massive Mexico firefight

The Independent  

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Dozens of inmates killed in latest Ecuador prison clashes
3 years, 1 month ago

Dozens of inmates killed in latest Ecuador prison clashes

Al Jazeera  

Police say 58 prisoners killed and 12 wounded in another round of violence to hit Penitenciaria del Litoral in Guayaquil. Dozens of inmates have been killed in fierce clashes in a prison in Ecuador’s largest city of Guayaquil, according to authorities. “According to preliminary information, some 68 prisoners were killed and another 25 were wounded,” the Ecuador Prosecutor’s Office wrote …

At least 24 killed in Ecuador prison gang riot: Police
3 years, 2 months ago

At least 24 killed in Ecuador prison gang riot: Police

Al Jazeera  

An Ecuador official said order restored in a prison after 24 killed and 42 wounded in one of the deadliest riots. At least 24 prisoners have been killed in a battle between inmates equipped with firearms and grenades at a prison in Guayaquil, according to Ecuador’s national bureau of prisons, which added that at least 42 others were wounded in …

7 killed in shooting at mechanic's shop in Mexico
3 years, 6 months ago

7 killed in shooting at mechanic's shop in Mexico

India TV News  

Prosecutors in Mexico's most violent state said seven men have been shot to death at a mechanic's shop. Guanajuato has Mexico's highest number of homicides, and has been the scene of turf battles between the Jalisco drug cartel and local gangs. There was no immediate information on a possible motive in the shootings, but such attacks in Guanajuato in the …

2 police hanged from bridge in Mexico, 7 killed in shooting
3 years, 6 months ago

2 police hanged from bridge in Mexico, 7 killed in shooting

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Authorities in northern Mexico said Wednesday they found the bodies of two abducted police officers hanging from an overpass, and the bodies of seven people shot to death in a neighboring city. The killings in Zacatecas came one day after prosecutors in Mexico’s most violent state, Guanajuato, reported seven men were shot to death at a mechanic’s …

In Mexico, cartels are hunting down police at their homes
3 years, 6 months ago

In Mexico, cartels are hunting down police at their homes

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The notoriously violent Jalisco cartel has responded to Mexico’s “hugs, not bullets” policy with a policy of its own: The cartel kidnapped several members of an elite police force in the state of Guanajuato, tortured them to obtain names and addresses of fellow officers and is now hunting down and killing police at their homes, on their …

Guatemala prison inmates beheaded in grisly gang fight
3 years, 7 months ago

Guatemala prison inmates beheaded in grisly gang fight

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy At least seven prisoners …

Guatemala prison: Several inmates beheaded in gang violence
3 years, 7 months ago

Guatemala prison: Several inmates beheaded in gang violence

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of police have been deployed to restore order at the Cantel Prison, where at least seven inmates were killed. At least seven inmates have been killed, most of them beheaded, in clashes between rival gangs at a prison in western Guatemala, according to officials. Hundreds of police have been deployed to restore order at the Cantel Prison, which houses …

Nine killed in armed attack on wake in central Mexico
3 years, 11 months ago

Nine killed in armed attack on wake in central Mexico

Al Jazeera  

Guanajuato is at the centre of a turf war between rival organised crime groups in which thousands have been killed. Nine people were killed and one wounded when attackers opened fire at a wake in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, officials have said. Thousands have been killed in Guanajuato since the local Santa Rosa de Lima gang faced off …

Cartel battles stun once-peaceful state in central Mexico
4 years, 2 months ago

Cartel battles stun once-peaceful state in central Mexico

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The two most powerful drug …

Drugs gang massacre in Mexican bar sees 11 killed including four female dancers
4 years, 2 months ago

Drugs gang massacre in Mexican bar sees 11 killed including four female dancers

Daily Mail  

Gunmen massacred 11 people including four dancers and then left their bullet ridden bodies in a bar in Mexico's most violent state. Guanajuato, a major carmaking hub, has become a recurring scene of criminal violence in Mexico, ravaged by a turf war between the local Santa Rosa de Lima gang and the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel. The killing took …

Prosecutors: gunmen in Mexico massacre of 27 had a target
4 years, 5 months ago

Prosecutors: gunmen in Mexico massacre of 27 had a target

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — The gunmen who killed at least 27 people in an unregistered drug rehabilitation center in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato last week were looking for someone in particular, state prosecutors said Monday. In a statement, the Guanajuato state prosecutor’s office said that three suspected gunmen were in custody and allegedly belong to a criminal organization operating …

Death toll rises to 26 in Mexican drug rehab center attack
4 years, 5 months ago

Death toll rises to 26 in Mexican drug rehab center attack

Associated Press  

IRAPUATO, Mexico — The killing of 26 people in an unregistered drug rehabilitation center in central Mexico is the deadliest such attack in a decade and has led to calls for change in a prosperous state that has become a cartel battleground. Police in Guanajuato state said Wednesday’s attack occurred at a modest two-story house on the outskirts of Irapuato. …

24 shot dead as gunmen attack Mexican drug rehab centre
4 years, 5 months ago

24 shot dead as gunmen attack Mexican drug rehab centre

India Today  

Gunmen burst into an unregistered drug rehabilitation center in central Mexico and opened fire Wednesday, killing 24 people and wounding seven, authorities said. “The violence generated by organized crime not only takes the lives of the young, but it takes the peace from families in Guanajuato.” Mexican drug gangs have killed suspected street-level dealers from rival gangs sheltering at such …

The killing of 26 people at a drug rehab center in Mexico thought to be part of a gang war
4 years, 5 months ago

The killing of 26 people at a drug rehab center in Mexico thought to be part of a gang war

LA Times  

People assist a woman near the rehabilitation facility where 26 people were killed in Irapuato, Mexico, on July 1, 2020. Authorities suspect the assault was part of a ferocious turf battle between two criminal organizations — the local Santa Rosa de Lima gang and the powerful Jalisco New Generation cartel — that has transformed once-peaceful Guanajuato into one of Mexico’s …

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