The gunmen kill 7 people, including children, in central Mexico; Poster messages left on the crime scene

The authorities said that the gunmen opened fire and killed seven people, including some minors, in the most fatal state in Mexico, where violence between drug posters at war has caused the condemnation of the Catholic Church.

The attack in the central state of Guanajuato It happened around 2 in the morning on Monday in a place in the city of San Felipe, where the local police found seven bodies, all men and a damaged truck after shooting reports, the local government said in a statement.

The officers also found two banners with messages referring to Santa Rosa de Lima Gangwhich operates in the area, according to the statement. The messages are He often went on the bodies of the victims For posters that seek to threaten their rivals or punish the behavior, according to this, it violates its rules.

Guanajuato is a prosperous industrial and home center of several popular tourist destinations, but it is also the most fatal state in Mexico, according to official homicide statistics.

The violent crime is linked to the conflict between the Santa Rosa de Lima gang and the New Generation poster of Jalisco, one of the most powerful in the Latin American nation.

The Mexican leaders of the Catholic Church condemned the shooting on Monday, describing it as “an alarming sign of the weakening of the social fabric, impunity and the absence of peace in the vast regions” of the country, which is the Catholic majority.

“We cannot remain indifferent to the spiral of violence that is hurting so many communities,” added the Episcopal Conference of Mexico, an organization of Mexican bishops, in a statement.

The shooting was “one more among many that are frequently repeated,” he said.

In December, the Church in Mexico asked war posters to declare a truce.

Guanajuato registered the largest number of homicides of any state in Mexico last year, with 3,151, 10.5% of murders throughout the country, according to official figures.

Since 2006, when the army launched an anti -drug operation, Mexico has counted about 480,000 violent deaths.

Recent blood spill in Guanajuato

The massive shooting marks the last deadly attack in Guanajuato, where police spectators and officers are often victims in the middle of the cartel grass wars.

In February, five women and three men were Dead thrown On the street in Guanajuato. The previous month, security forces faced armed men in the state, leaving 10 alleged dead criminals and three injured police officers.

In December 2024, Eight people were killed And two other wounded after the gunmen stopped in a stall on the road in Guanajuato and opened fire against customers.

Last October, the bodies of 12 police officers killed, all with bearings signs of torture And left with posters messages, they found themselves in different areas of the region. The state prosecutor’s office also said that the perpetrators left messages in which a poster claimed responsibility.

The bodies were found less than 24 hours later armed men attacked a residential center For people suffering from addictions in the same municipality, killing four.

In June 2024, a baby and a small child were among the six members of the same family. murdered In Guanajuato. In April 2024, a mayor candidate was Dead in the street In the state just when she started campaigning.

The United States Department of State urges Americans to reconsider traveling to Guanajuato. “Of particular concern is the high number of murders in the southern region of the state associated with violence related to the poster,” says the department in a travel advice.

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