Massacre in Mexico: Hitmen execute 12 people in a bar in Guanajuato

Twelve people were killed this Saturday in a shooting attack recorded in a bar in the city of Irapuato, in the Mexican state of Guanajuato (center), reported the municipal government. Authorities “confirmed the death of six men and six women,” as well as three injured people, according to a statement from the municipality of Irapuato, which does not specify who the attackers were or the reasons for the attack.

Police sources detailed that the massacre occurred around 7:51 p.m. local time (00:51 GMT on Sunday) and that it would have been executed, presumably, by an armed group entered the establishment opening fire on everyone present, including customers and bar workers.

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In the place of shooting The body of one of the victims was found next to a motorcycle, while the rest of the bodies were found inside the premises.

The municipal government confirmed that an operation is being carried out with the support of the state police, the army, the prosecutor’s office and the National Guard to find the aggressors.

The National Guard and the Municipal Police cordon off the area where 11 people were killed in the city of Irapuato, state of Guanajuato, Mexico.(EFE/Str).

The attack on the bar comes just 11 days after a massacre that left 20 people dead in San Miguel Totolapana town in the southern state of Guerrero, due to disputes between organized crime groups operating in that region of the country.

Guanajuatoa thriving industrial state, has become the most violent of Mexico due to the dispute between the Santa Rosa de Lima and Jalisco Nueva Generación cartels, dedicated to drug trafficking and fuel theft, among other crimes.

According to the government, between January and August, 2,115 homicides were committed in that region, which together with five other states account for 48.7% of the murders perpetrated in the country in that period (a total of 20,722).

Mexico registers more than 340,000 murdersmost attributed to criminal organizations, since the launch of a controversial military anti-drug offensive in December 2006.

Source: Elcomercio