At least eight people were executed after gunmen opened fire at a Mexican beer warehouse.
Horrifying surveillance camera footage showed the attackers shooting from close range and hitting a person standing outside the distribution store on Saturday night in Huitzilac, Morelos, just south of Mexico City.
Another person could be seen running towards the warehouse when they were also hit.
The gunmen continued shooting for about 17 seconds before fleeing in two vehicles.
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Gunmen pulled up in two vehicles and massacred eight people at a beer warehouse on Saturday night in Huitzilac, a city in the central Mexican state of Morelos.
Residents gather outside a beer warehouse in Huitzilac, Mexico, where eight people were shot dead Saturday night.
Four men were declared dead at the scene, while four others were rushed to hospitals in the municipality of Cuernavaca and died, the Morelos State Attorney General’s Office said in a statement on Sunday.
Police sources told Medio Milenio that three people were taken to a hospital in the area with gunshot wounds.
As of Monday, no arrests had been reported.
‘It is a regrettable night for our municipality. The city council condemns all acts of violence. We demand all the support of the (federal) and state governments to reduce the rates of violence,’ the mayor of Huitzilac, Rafael Vargas, said in a statement.
‘Violence must stop. We will denounce all types of defamation and comments that seek to harm our people for political purposes. “Support from federal and state governments is urgent.”
Four men were pronounced dead at the scene and four more died at area hospitals after they were shot at a beer warehouse in Huitzilac, Mexico, on Saturday.
Residents stand outside a beer warehouse in the central Mexican state of Morelos following a Saturday night shooting that left eight people dead. The state has reported 371 homicides in the first quarter of 2024
The shooting took place after the murder Thursday of three people inside a restaurant in a rest area. 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 were not arrested.
According to federal government data, at least 371 homicides have been reported in Morelos in the first quarter of 2024. Figures show that firearms were used in 309 of the murders.
The state recorded 5,228 murders in 2023, an average of 14.3 per day.