US EditionGunmen open fire at soccer field in central Mexico, killing 11 and wounding 12
The attack, part of ongoing gang violence in Guanajuato, left 11 dead and 12 wounded, including women and minors, as authorities launched an investigation and called for federal support.
- On Sunday, gunmen opened fire at a soccer field in Salamanca's Loma de Flores neighborhood just after a match, targeting people gathered there.
- Ongoing clashes between the Santa Rosa de Lima gang and Jalisco New Generation Cartel have escalated violence in Guanajuato state, which recorded the highest homicide total last year.
- At least 11 people were killed and 12 wounded, with ten victims at the scene and one who died later at a hospital; the wounded include a woman and a minor.
- Municipal, state and federal authorities launched an operation and the Guanajuato state prosecutor's office is coordinating an investigation with federal security forces.
- Vowing accountability, Prieto wrote `Those responsible will be found` on Facebook and said the attack reflects a 'severe social breakdown'; four bags containing human remains were found Saturday in Salamanca.
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Gunmen kill 11, injure 12 at soccer pitch in Guanajuato state
Eleven people were killed and at least 12 others were injured when gunmen arrived at a soccer pitch and opened fire in the state of Guanajuato on Sunday. Six people were still receiving medical attention for injuries, Guanajuato’s state attorney general’s office said in a statement on Sunday evening Guanajuato, the sixth most populous state in Mexico, registered the highest number of murders in the country last year, with 2,539 homicides recorde…
GUANAJATO, Mexico.– Extreme violence shook the state of Guanajuato again, one of the regions hit hardest by insecurity in Mexico. Last Sunday, an armed commando group broke into an amateur football match in the community of Loma de Flores, in the municipality of Salamanca, and executed 11 people. The attack, which occurred around 5.20 p.m. (local time), also left 12 injured, including a woman and a minor. Deaths in the “Camps of the Cabins”The a…
At least 11 people were killed and 12 injured in a Sunday shooting during a football match in the Loma de Flores community in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, local authorities and national media reported.Read more
A group of armed men opened fire this Sunday against the people gathered to watch a regional football match in a compound in Salamanca , city (160,000 inhabitants) of the Mexican state of Guanajuato . At least 11 people died in the attack and several others, including children, were injured in a brutal attack that local authorities attribute to organized crime . The incident, which took place shortly before 17:30 in the afternoon on the courts k…
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