Shooting on the street in Central Mexico, 6 people died

According to the Mexican police, the guys shootings already shoot on a group of students on the evening of June 6 (local time), killing 5 high school students (including 3 boys and 2 girls aged 16 to 18) and a 65-year-old woman from the same area.

“Unfortunately, we can say that a few hours ago in the community of Barron, six people were killed in an armed attack,” said Cesar Prieto, mayor of the city in Guanajuato state.

The mass shooting comes just two weeks after eight women and three men died in a gang revenge attack on two bars and a hotel in Celaya, another city in the state. Guanajuato.

The scene of a shooting at two bars in Celaya, Mexico, on May 23, 2022, killing 11 people. (Photo: Reuters)

Located in Mexico’s prosperous industrial heartland, home to a major refinery and pipeline, Guanajuato has become one of the most violent states in Mexico due to a dispute between the new generation Santa Rosa de gangs. Lima and Jalisco. Gangs vie for control of smuggling routes for drugs and stolen fuel.

Since December 2006, when the Mexican government launched a controversial military campaign against drugs, the country has recorded more than 340,000 murders, according to official figures. Mexican authorities have alleged that most killings in the country are carried out by organized crime.

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