Eight people were killed and two more wounded after gunmen arrived at a roadside stand in north-central Mexico and opened fire on customers and passers-by, authorities said Sunday.
Prosecutors in the cartel-ravaged state of Guanajuato said the shooting occurred Saturday night in the town of Apaseo el Grande.
Eight men died right outside the stall, which sold a traditional type of milk-based sweet. Another man and a woman were injured in the attack, but there were no immediate reports on their condition.
Local media reported that a paramedic was one of the people killed in the shooting. The state ambulance and paramedic agency said an emergency medical technician had died Saturday night, but did not confirm whether he was one of those killed in the attack.
A video posted on social media showed the bodies of men with apparent gunshot wounds to the head scattered among motorcycles parked outside the post.
The town of Apaseo el Grande, and its sister community of Apaseo el Alto, have been the scene of mass shooting attacks in recent years, which experts say are linked to feuding drug cartels. There have been a series of mass shootings at bars, clubs and businesses in the area since at least 2018.
Guanajuato, an industrial and agricultural center, has for years had the highest number of homicides of any of Mexico’s 32 states. The Jalisco cartel and the local Santa Rosa de Lima criminal organization have been locked in a turf battle in the state for years.
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