MEXICO CITY –
Eleven people, eight of them women, were killed in simultaneous shootings at two bars in north-central Mexico, authorities said on Tuesday.
Handwritten signs left at the killing sites suggest the attacks were part of a rivalry between two drug cartels that have been fighting for control of Guanajuato for several years.
Police in the town of Zelaya said the attacks took place late Monday in two bars on the same street. They said 10 of the victims died on the spot and another was pronounced dead in hospital later.
The police confirmed that messages were left at the scene, but did not confirm what they said. But photos posted on social media suggest the killers are from the Santa Rosa de Lima gang. The reports appear to accuse bar owners of supporting the rival Jalisco cartel.
The photos showed women – it was unclear whether they were bar employees or customers – piled up in puddles of blood between the tables. Part of one bar also appears to have been partially burned.
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