Global Courant 2023-04-16 07:46:46
Seven people, including a minor, were killed this Saturday by an armed command that broke into the resort of La Palma, Guanajuato, which sparked scenes of panic among families who were enjoying the place, local authorities reported.
Police “arrived at the place where they found shell casings and three lifeless women, three men and a child under seven years of age. In addition to a seriously injured person,” detailed a statement from the Cortázar mayor’s office, the municipality where the attack took place.
Those responsible for the assault, according to what the owner of the spa told the police, are “armed individuals” who arrived around 4:30 p.m. in Guatemala “to carry out the attack,” the bulletin added.
The attackers, who went directly towards a group of people, destroyed a spa business and took away the security cameras, detailed the authorities.
A video from the Debate Noticias portal of the state of Querétaro (center), taken by a man who was at the scene, shows thick clouds of smoke, apparently from the shots, and the victims collapsed on the floor, some in the chairs where they were.
Several people, including minors and adolescents, are also observed running to take cover from the shots or to reunite with their families.
These are the images:
The attack, unprecedented in the midst of the wave of violence that is hitting Mexico, occurred just on the last day of spring school vacations.
The spa, a neighbor of a university campus, was surrounded by the military and state police.
Guanajuato, a prosperous industrial state, has become one of the most violent in Mexico due to the dispute between the groups Santa Rosa de Lima and the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel, dedicated to fuel theft and drug trafficking.
Since December 2006, when the government launched a controversial military anti-drug strategy, there have been more than 350,000 murders, the majority attributed to organized crime, according to official figures.
