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Las Tinajas massacre

Coordinates: 19°52′05″N 100°49′03″W / 19.868149600625113°N 100.8176105877526°W / 19.868149600625113; -100.8176105877526
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Las Tinajas massacre
Part of the Mexican drug war
Las Tinajas massacre is located in Michoacán
Las Tinajas massacre
Las Tinajas massacre (Michoacán)
Las Tinajas massacre is located in Mexico
Las Tinajas massacre
Las Tinajas massacre (Mexico)
LocationLas Tinajas, Zinapécuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
Coordinates19°52′05″N 100°49′03″W / 19.868149600625113°N 100.8176105877526°W / 19.868149600625113; -100.8176105877526
Date27 March 2022 (2022-03-27)
22:30 (Central Time (UTC−06:00))
Attack type
Mass shooting
Weaponsmachine guns and assault rifles
Deaths20
Injured5
PerpetratorsAt least 10 gunmen of the Familia Michoacana
MotiveGang war

On 27 March 2022, 20 people were killed in a mass shooting in Las Tinajas, Zinapécuaro, Michoacán, Mexico.[1]

Background

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The Mexican drug war is a low-intensity conflict which began in 2006. Michoacán, in western Mexico, is badly affected by the conflict. Several massacres have occurred there, including a mass shooting on 27 February 2022 in San José de Gracia.[2] Rival gangs in the area are also involved in smuggling of gasoline and in illegal tapping of pipelines.[1]

Incident

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During the evening of 27 March 2022, gunmen armed with machine guns and assault rifles[3] opened fire at an illegal cockfighting pit and shot dead 17 men and three women. Several other people were wounded.[4][5] One person later died on their way to the hospital.[3] The massacre was believed to be part of a conflict between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and a local gang called the Familia Michoacana.[6]

Aftermath

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On 1 April 2022, five men were arrested in Susupuato in connection with the massacre. They were also linked to a February 2022 attack on a prosecutor's office in Maravatío.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mexico cockfight shooting: Gunmen 'hid in chip van'". 29 March 2022 – via www.bbc.com.
  2. ^ "Gunmen 'storm cockfighting pit' in Mexico, kill 19". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b City, Lillian Perlmutter in Mexico (28 March 2022). "Massacre at cockfight in Mexico leaves 20 dead". the Guardian. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Mexico shooting: At least 19 killed at cockfighting pit". BBC News. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Gunmen kill 19 at cockfight in troubled western Mexican state". Reuters. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Gunmen 'storm cockfighting pit' in Mexico, kill 20". www.aljazeera.com.
  7. ^ "Five people arrested for massacre in western Mexico". 2 April 2022.