Authorities in the Mexican city of Salamanca said 12 people were killed in a series of linked attacks. In one case, a banner symbolizing one of the drug cartels was left next to the victims' bodies.
Twelve people were killed in a series of linked and almost simultaneous attacks in the city of Salamanca, in Guanajuato state, in central Mexico, where drug cartels are engaged in a brutal fight for supremacy, authorities said on Friday.
The bodies of the victims were found on Thursday in various places in the city of 200,000 inhabitants. In one case, a banner symbolizing one of the drug cartels was left next to them.
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Thursday's massacre was another in a string of brutal events in Salamanca. On Tuesday, armed criminals attacked an addiction treatment center, shot dead four men and injured two others.
Authorities announced that no suspects have been identified yet and the investigation is ongoing.
Salamanca is located in the industrial and agricultural state of Guanajuato, where the powerful Mexican cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) has been fighting a brutal battle with a local gang called Cartel de Santa Rosa de Lima (CSRL) for years. Guanjuato has the highest homicide rate of all Mexican states.
Security analyst David Saucedo told the AP that Jalisco Nueva Generacion controls the big cities, while Santa Rosa de Lima controls the rural areas. Both groups are still fighting for supremacy in cities like Salamanca.
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