At least eight people were executed after gunmen opened fire in a Mexican beer warehouse.
Gruesome CCTV footage shows the attackers firing at close range, hitting a person standing outside the distribution store in Huitzilac, Morelos, just south of Mexico City, on Saturday evening.
Another person was able to run into the warehouse when they were also hit.
The gunmen continue shooting for about 17 seconds before fleeing in two vehicles.
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Gunmen in two vehicles pulled up and killed eight people at a beer warehouse in Huitzilac, a city in the central Mexican state of Morelos, on Saturday evening.
Residents gather outside a beer warehouse in Huitzilac, Mexico, where eight people were shot dead on Saturday evening
Four men were pronounced dead at the scene, while four others were rushed to hospitals in the municipality of Cuernavaca and died, the Morelos Public Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement on Sunday.
Police sources told news channel Milenio that three people with gunshot wounds were taken to a local hospital.
There were no arrests reported Monday.
‘It is a sad night for our community. The city council condemns all acts of violence. We demand all support from the (federal) and state (government) to reduce the violence,” Huitzilac Mayor Rafael Vargas said in a statement.
‘The violence must stop. We will denounce all forms of slander and comments aimed at harming our people for political purposes. Support from the federal and state governments is urgent.”
Four men were pronounced dead at the scene and four others died at area hospitals after being shot at a beer warehouse in Huitzilac, Mexico, on Saturday.
Residents stand outside a beer warehouse in the central Mexican state of Morelos after the shooting Saturday evening that left eight people dead. The state has reported 371 homicides in the first quarter of 2024
The shooting occurred after the murder of three people in a restaurant near a rest stop on Thursday. One of the victims was identified as the leader of a local criminal organization.
Huitzilac police chief Jesús Tello Trejo was injured in a shooting on Wednesday.
The suspects in both incidents have not been arrested.
At least 371 murders were reported in Morelos in the first quarter of 2024, according to federal government data. Figures show that weapons were used in 309 of the murders.
The state recorded 5,228 homicides in 2023, an average of 14.3 per day.