Current:Home > Contact-usGunmen kill 7 in Mexico resort, local officials say-DB Wealth Institute B2 Expert Reviews
Gunmen kill 7 in Mexico resort, local officials say
View Date:2024-12-23 19:39:56
A band of gunmen invaded a resort where dozens of vacationers were spending the weekend in central Mexico and opened fire, killing six adults and a 7-year-old, authorities said.
Officials in the Cortazar municipality in Guanajuato state said in a statement that an eighth person was seriously wounded in the midafternoon attack at the La Palma resort. The statement did not speculate on a possible motive.
After the shooting, the attackers destroyed the spa shop and took the security cameras before fleeing, officials said. Three women, three men and the child died.
A video posted on social media shows several people in swimsuits running about crying, screaming and hugging their children.
Mexican soldiers and police aided by a helicopter were searching for the attackers.
Guanajuato, an agricultural and industrial hub, has been Mexico's most violent state for years. The Jalisco New Generation drug cartel has been fighting with local criminal groups, including the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel, which is apparently backed by the Sinaloa cartel.
Last November, several people were killed in a shootout at a police station in the Guanajuato city of Celaya. That same month, nine people were killed in a shooting in a bar in the Guanajuato town of Apaseo el Alto. Last September, 10 people died in a pool hall shooting in Guanajuato's Tarimoro municipality.
- In:
- Drug Cartels
- Mexico
- Cartel
veryGood! (3269)
Related
- 'Unfortunate error': 'Wicked' dolls with porn site on packaging pulled from Target, Amazon
- Mark Cuban says he's leaving Shark Tank after one more season
- Settlement reached in lawsuit over chemical spill into West Virginia creek
- Inflation is cooling, but most Americans say they haven't noticed
- Spurs coach Gregg Popovich had a stroke earlier this month, is expected to make full recovery
- Texas man sentenced 2 years in prison for threatening Georgia election workers after 2020 election
- Electric vehicles have almost 80% more problems than gas-powered ones, Consumer Reports says
- Vivek Ramaswamy's political director leaving to join Trump campaign
- Stock market today: Asian stocks decline as China stimulus plan disappoints markets
- Inheritance money in dispute after death of woman who made millions off sale of T-rex remains
Ranking
- Fate of Netflix Series America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Revealed
- Police officers in Maryland face lawsuit after they shoot dog who was later euthanized
- The Eagles-49ers feud is about to be reignited. What led to beef between NFC powers?
- Generations of mothers are at the center of 'A Grandmother Begins A Story'
- Manhattan rooftop fire sends plumes of dark smoke into skyline
- Recall: Jeep Wrangler 4xe SUVs recalled because of fire risk
- College Football Playoff rankings winners and losers: Top five, Liberty get good news
- Sewage spill closes 2-mile stretch of coastline at Southern California’s Laguna Beach
Recommendation
-
After years of unrest, Commanders have reinvented their culture and shattered expectations
-
Lawsuit seeks $5M for Black former delivery driver who says white men shot at him in Mississippi
-
Deion Sanders loses the assistant coach he demoted; Sean Lewis hired at San Diego State
-
Coal-producing West Virginia is converting an entire school system to solar power
-
Lost luggage? This new Apple feature will let you tell the airline exactly where it is.
-
Thousands of fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were primed to polarize voters ahead of 2024
-
China presents UN with vague Mideast peace plan as US promotes its own role in easing the Gaza war
-
Biden administration proposes biggest changes to lead pipe rules in more than three decades