Six family members killed in Mexico’s violent Guanajuato
Silao:
Local authorities said six members of a family were murdered in a rural community in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, one of the most violent in the country.
The state prosecutor’s office said four men and two women aged between 24 and 73 were found in a building with gunshot wounds, refuting previous reports that a baby was inside. number of people killed.
The attack took place on Saturday night.
The prosecutor’s office said it was the fifth attack in the rural city of Silao in the past four months.
Crime scene investigations have found plastic wraps with inscriptions alluding to a criminal group.
The central state of Guanajuato is a prosperous industrial area, home to an oil refinery, but it has become one of the most violent in Mexico due to a dispute between the New Generation Santa Rosa de Lima drug cartel and Santa Rosa de Lima. Jalisco.
The two groups are competing to control drug trafficking and fuel theft in the state, among other crimes.
Since December 2006 when the government launched a controversial military campaign against drugs, Mexico has recorded more than 340,000 murders, according to official figures.
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