A violent weekend leaves more than 30 dead in various regions of Mexico

( Spanish) – At least 39 people died violently this weekend in events in various regions of Mexico, local authorities in each state said.

An armed attack perpetrated this Saturday in commercial establishments in the municipality of Apaseo El Grande, in the state of Guanajuato, left at least eight dead and two injured, the state Prosecutor’s Office reported this Sunday in a statement.

The Prosecutor’s Office added that at least seven other people died violently in other events recorded in Celaya, Tarandacuao, León and Santiago Maravatío.

In the municipality of Jiutepec, in the central state of Morelos, another armed attack left seven people dead and two more seriously injured, the state Public Security Secretariat reported in a statement on Sunday.

Added to these facts are 13 homicides in the state of Sinaloa reported this weekend by the State Prosecutor’s Office. There were at least 11 deaths in several events that occurred in the municipalities of Navolato, Cósala, and Culiacán.

In the municipality of Benito Juárez in the state of Quintana Roo, in the southeast of the country, the homicide of at least four people was recorded, the state Prosecutor’s Office reported on the social network X. It adds that, according to the first lines of investigation, said said instance, the event would be related to crimes against health in the form of drug dealing.

The central state of Guanajuato has been the scene of mass shootings in recent years related to the confrontation between several drug cartels that dispute that territory, according to experts consulted by . In the last year, said entity, dedicated to industrial and agricultural activity, had the highest number of homicides of the 32 states of Mexico, according to official reports.

Violence in Sinaloa has spiked since the arrest in the United States of alleged drug trafficker Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, captured in Texas along with Joaquín Guzmán López, son of former Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, in a controversial incident that marked tensions between the Government of then President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his successor, Claudia Sheinbaum, with that of the United States.