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 erupt as Sudan military rivals fight for power, 27 dead Attackers went directly toward a group of people and opened fire, then yanked out security cameras from the site before retreating, authorities said. Guanajuato, a thriving industrial state, has become one of Mexico's most violent due to the dispute between the Santa Rosa de Lima crime group and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, dedicated to fuel theft and drug trafficking.

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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 …

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 …

Family of 6, including 3 children, killed in south Mexico, the latest in a string of family killings
6 months, 1 week ago

Family of 6, including 3 children, killed in south Mexico, the latest in a string of family killings

Associated Press  

TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico — A family of six, including three children, were killed Friday by gunmen in the southern Mexico border state of Chiapas in a town marred by militia violence. Julio Pérez, the mayor of the Chiapas town of Pantelho, said the killings happened there Friday, and called it “a massacre.” Two warring militia groups suspected of being backed …

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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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 …

Armed attack kills 10 in Ecuador port of Guayaquil
1 year, 7 months ago

Armed attack kills 10 in Ecuador port of Guayaquil

Al Jazeera  

Three people have also been wounded in the shooting including a five-year-old girl, police say. At least 10 people have been killed in an armed attack overnight in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s main port city and economic hub that is under a state of emergency due to rising drug violence, the public prosecutor’s office and police have reported. “We believe that this …

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. …

Mexico: 7 killed after gunmen open fire at public swimming pool in Cortazar | WATCH
1 year, 8 months ago

Mexico: 7 killed after gunmen open fire at public swimming pool in Cortazar | WATCH

India TV News  

Mexico : Seven people were killed, including a child after gunmen opened fire at people in a public swimming pool in Mexico on Sunday, according to local authorities. Eyewitnesses to the incident told the local authorities that the armed men arrived at the pool and opened fire around 4.30 pm on Saturday and later on damaged a shop, security cameras …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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