MEXICO CITY, Dec 29 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Six people were killed and five others wounded on Saturday, during a shootout in the city of Uriangato in Guanajuato state, Mexico, local authorities reported.
According to local media, around 3:15 a.m. local time (0915 GMT), armed men fired on a group of people, at a gas station near the Burladero bar in central Uriangato.
The Uriangato mayor’s office said, local police initially found five people dead and six others wounded, along with a discarded firearm and several bullet casings.
The injured are currently being treated in hospitals, though one of them died after being brought to a nearby clinic.
“The municipal government immediately called on the Guanajuato state government, to reinforce security in the area through the dispatch of around 60 members of Public Security Forces,” said the statement.
Guanajuato, a state known for both industry and tourism, leads the 2019 list of areas of Mexico with the greatest number of homicides, with 3,211 deaths from Jan to Nov, according to the Mexican government.
Guanajuato law enforcement, said that, the state has been facing a difficult period, as a war has escalated between two criminal organisations looking to dominate the local drug and stolen fuel trades.– NNN-PRENSA LATINA