Gunmen killed 9 folks in an assault on a home in central Mexico, within the newest outbreak of violence linked to suspected drug gangs, authorities stated Wednesday. The "execution" of six males and three ladies on Tuesday evening shook a middle-class space of the normally peaceable city of Atlixco, stated Puebla state governor Miguel Barbosa.
"In line with preliminary info, it was a spot for the sale and distribution of medication," he stated at a information convention, including that the victims' identities have been unknown.
A resident who requested to not be recognized informed reporters that armed males had arrived in vans, entered the home and began taking pictures.
Mexico has recorded greater than 340,000 murders since launching a controversial anti-drug navy operation in 2006, most of them blamed on preventing between criminals.
Final month, an armed assault believed to be the results of a gang dispute was reported to have killed as much as 17 folks at a wake within the state of Michoacan.
Each the gunmen and their victims apparently belonged to the Jalisco cartel. The Division of Justice considers the Jalisco cartel "one of many 5 most harmful transnational felony organizations on the planet."
A video circulating on social media confirmed gunmen pointing at a bunch of individuals standing in opposition to a wall with their fingers raised, adopted by the sound of gunfire.
The gunmen went to pains to erase indicators of the confrontation, together with power-washing blood from the road.
The federal government stated it was unable to verify the dying toll as a result of no our bodies have been discovered, though DNA samples of 11 doable victims have been collected on the website.