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They release videos of an armed attack in central Mexico that left eight dead
At least eight people died on Saturday in a shooting attack in a town in the central Mexican state of Morelos, adjacent to Mexico City, local authorities reported this Sunday.
Mexican authorities investigate armed attack that left eight dead in Morelos. (Free Press Photo: Unsplash)
The attack occurred in a commercial establishment in municipality of Huitzilacclose to the highway that communicates the capital with the tourist city of Cuernavacawhere they were located four lifeless men.
Four other people attacked in that place were taken to hospitals, in where they died between Saturday night and the early this sundaysaid the Morelos prosecutor’s office.
“The bodies of the eight dead people were transported to the facilities of forensic medical service and the respective investigations continue,” he added.
The mayor of Huitzilac, Rafael Vargas, condemned the attack in a video uploaded to their social networks and requested help from the federal and state governments.
Morelos is home to various cities with warm climates that are a destination to spend the holidays. vacations and holidays of the inhabitants of Mexico City.
However, this region also borders the turbulent state of Guerrerowhere various drug trafficking cartelsand has been hit by violence.
In November of last year, a armed confrontation between police and alleged criminals left nine dead in Cuernavaca.
The violence linked to cartels leaves some 450 thousand dead and more of 100 mil missing since 2006, when the government declared war on drug trafficking with military participation.
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