20 people killed when gunmen burst into a clandestine rooster fight in western Mexico, in what President Lopez Obrador describes as a 'massacre' involving rival criminal gangs
At least 20 people have been killed in the town of Las Tinajas in Michoacan in what President Lopez Obrador described as"a massacre by one group against another."
The President’s comment on Monday followed Sunday night’s attack in the town of Las Tinajas in Michoacan, a western state plunged into violence by turf wars between rival drug cartels. Michoacan's public security office said authorities were working to track down those responsible for the shooting at the venue, used for cockfighting, concerts and dancing.The perpetrators "came and shot the attendees and unfortunately there were many deaths," he told reporters.Mexico has been trapped in a spiral of cartel-related bloodshed since 2006, when the government launched a controversial anti-drug operation with federal troops.
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