Already the 4th This Year... 12 Dead in Shooting at Mexican Bar

Guanajuato with Good Access to US Border and Many Car Manufacturing Plants
Fierce 'Territorial Wars' Between Drug Cartels... At Least 4 Shootings and 41 Deaths This Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Bang Je-il] Around last September, 10 people, including minors, were killed in a series of shootings by armed assailants in Guanajuato, central Mexico. Now, another shooting incident has occurred, resulting in 12 deaths.

According to the local daily Reforma on the 16th (local time), at around 7:51 PM the previous day, an assailant broke into a bar in Irapuato city, Guanajuato, and opened fire on those inside. The incident left 12 people dead, including 6 men and 6 women. Three others were injured and transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.

The location of the incident is about an hour's drive from the site of the 50th Cervantino Festival, which is being held until the 30th with South Korea as the guest of honor. The identities of the suspects have not yet been confirmed. Local media speculate that the incident is related to drug cartels.

Guanajuato is one of the battlegrounds among cartels in Mexico. Recently, frequent armed clashes have occurred between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel. This year alone, at least four shootings have resulted in 41 deaths.

On the 17th of last month, an assailant broke into a home in Silao, Guanajuato, shooting two adult women, one man, and a young girl inside, resulting in 10 casualties.

Guanajuato, which has attracted factories from various global automobile manufacturers due to its good accessibility to the U.S. border, is experiencing increasingly severe 'territorial wars' among cartels over drug trafficking routes.

The Irapuato city authorities, along with the Guanajuato Public Safety Department, prosecutors, and the military, are pursuing the suspects. They are especially investigating eyewitnesses to determine the exact circumstances of the incident.

Regarding this incident, CNN commented that although the number of homicides has slightly decreased this year, the presidency of L?pez Obrador, who took office in 2018, is expected to be the bloodiest term in Mexico's history.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.