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Caribbean-Latin America
Jalisco: 11 Die in Assault on Religious Celebration
2010-12-12
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A hat tip to Nota Roja for additional details.

As many as 13 individuals have died in a gang on gang assault in Tecalitlan, Jalisco Friday night, according to Mexican news accounts.

A group of armed suspects parked vehicles near the corner of Ponce de Leon and Avila Camacho near where about 500 people were attending a mariachi music concert celebrating Virgin of Guadalupe and began firing assault rifles into the crowd.

Although initial reports by the Jalisco attorney general said the shooting was an intergang firefight, it was later found none of the victims were armed or returned fire.

A total of eight people were killed in the attack and another 37 were wounded. The assault included assault rifle fire as well as a hand grenade. Among the dead was a two year old male child.

Two more individuals died from gunshot wounds sustained in the attack. One at a Tecalitlan medical clinic and the other at a regional hospital in nearby Ciudad Guzman. A third victim was found dead aboard a stolen Mazda pickup truck on Kilometer 139 of the Tecalitlan-Tuxpan highway.

Investigators at the scene found more than 500 casings for AK-47 and AR-15 assault rifles, and for 9mm and Super 38 pistols.

Reports suggest La Familia from the adjacent state of Michoacan drug cartel is responsible for the attack.
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