MORELIA, Mar 29 (Reuters): Gunmen massacred 20 people on Sunday night in a suspected gangland attack at a clandestine cockfighting venue in western Mexico, authorities said, in one of the worst mass shootings under the current government.
The killings took place in Las Tinajas in the state of Michoacan, where the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has been fighting local gangs for control of drug routes.
"It was a massacre of one group by another," President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told a regular news conference, expressing his regret at the deaths.
He blamed criminal gangs in the area for the killings and said a team was on the way to investigate the crime.
Seventeen of the dead were men and three were women, and officials secured 15 vehicles as part of the investigation, Michoacan state prosecutors said in a statement.
All the victims had gunshot wounds, and the last of them died on his way to hospital, authorities said.
Four people were being treated for injuries.
Gunmen kill 20 at cockfight in Mexico
FE Team | Published: March 29, 2022 21:11:33
Gunmen kill 20 at cockfight in Mexico
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