6 spectators killed in crossfire of armed clashes near the tourist city of Acapulco

The confrontations between two armed groups left six civilians dead near the city of Acapulco Playera Playa Playera de México, the authorities said on Tuesday.

Violence broke out on Monday night in a city called Kilometer 30 located on a road to Mexico City, said the Office of the State Prosecutor of Guerrero in a statement.

The victims were five men and an old woman who was trapped in the crossfire, said municipal commissioner Adan Casarrubias. Three people were injured.

The soldiers and the police found weapons in a armored vehicle in the city, where several cars caught fire.

The armed men in at least three vehicles were involved in the confrontation, which terrified the residents, Casarrubias said.

“Even if it is with pans, sticks or whatever, we will fight for our city,” he said.

The authorities said that a long cannon weapon, magazines, cartridges, seven vehicles (including a armored truck), weapons that are put in tire proof and five improvised explosive devices were seized during the investigation.

Once again complex beach is now ruined by violence

At its peak in the 1950s and 1960s, Acapulco was a recreation courtyard of the rich and celebrities. Today, the city once known as “La Perla del Pacífico” is wrapped by violence related to drug cartels.

On Thursday, the administrator of a Facebook news page was shot dead in Acapulco.

In December, a judge was Dead thrown in his car outside a Palace of Justice of Acapulco.

In May 2024, 10 bodies were found scattered around the city. A month before that, the Chief of the Traffic Police was killed death When the assailants opened fire on a street relatively far from the beaches of the resort.

In February 2024, two men were found dead on a popular beach in Acapulco, and prosecutors said the bodies of men had “signs of torture around the neck.” That same month, three people were shot dead in beaches in Acapulco, one of the gunmen who arrived, and escaped, aboard a boat.

Acapulco is part of the state of Guerrillaone of the most affected by drug trafficking in the country. It is among the six states of Mexico that the United States Department of State advises Americans to completely avoid crime and violence.

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