{"id":26897,"date":"2025-05-20T13:29:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/gunmen-kill-7-people-including-children-in-central-mexico-cartel-messages-left-at-crime-scene\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T13:29:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:29:41","slug":"gunmen-kill-7-people-including-children-in-central-mexico-cartel-messages-left-at-crime-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/gunmen-kill-7-people-including-children-in-central-mexico-cartel-messages-left-at-crime-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen kill 7 people, including children, in central Mexico; cartel messages left at crime scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Officials said gunmen opened fire and killed seven people, including some minors, in Mexico&#8217;s most deadly state, where violence between warring drug cartels has triggered condemnation by the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n<p>The attack in the central state of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-shootout-gunmen-killed-guanajuato-state-cartels\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Guanajuato<\/a><\/span> occurred at around 2:00 am Monday in a plaza in the city of San Felipe where local police found seven bodies, all male, and a damaged van after reports of gunfire, the local government said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The officers also found two banners with messages alluding to the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/police-officers-killed-celaya-mexico-cartel-violence\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Santa Rosa de Lima gang<\/a><\/span>, which operates in the area, the statement said. Messages are\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-police-find-decapitated-bodies-car-messages-reason-they-were-killed\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">often left on victims&#8217; bodies<\/a><\/span>\u00a0by cartels seeking to threaten their rivals or punish behavior they claim violates their rules.<\/p>\n<p>Guanajuato is a thriving industrial hub and home to several popular tourist destinations, but it is also Mexico&#8217;s deadliest state, according to official homicide statistics.<\/p>\n<p>The violent crime is linked to conflict between the Santa Rosa de Lima gang and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-mayor-arrested-drug-cartel-training-camp-jalisco-new-generation\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Jalisco New Generation cartel<\/a>, one of the most powerful in the Latin American nation.<\/p>\n<p>Mexican leaders of the Catholic Church condemned the shooting on Monday, calling it &#8220;an alarming sign of the weakening of the social fabric, impunity and the absence of peace in vast regions&#8221; of the country, which is majority Catholic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We cannot remain indifferent in the face of the spiral of violence that is wounding so many communities,&#8221; the Episcopal Conference of Mexico, an organization of Mexican bishops, added in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting was &#8220;one more among so many that are repeated with painful frequency&#8221;, it said.<\/p>\n<p>In December, the Church in Mexico called on warring cartels to declare a truce.<\/p>\n<p>Guanajuato recorded the most homicides of any state in Mexico last year, with 3,151, 10.5 percent of murders nationwide, according to official figures.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2006, when the military launched an anti-drug operation, Mexico has tallied about 480,000 violent deaths.<\/p>\n<h2>Recent bloodshed in Guanajuato<\/h2>\n<p>The mass shooting marks the latest deadly attack in Guanajuato, where bystanders and police officers are often casualties amid cartel turf wars.<\/p>\n<p>In February, five women and three men were <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-shooting-8-killed-cartel-stronghold-guanajuato\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">shot dead<\/a><\/span> in the street in Guanajuato. The month before that, security forces clashed with gunmen in the state, leaving <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-shootout-gunmen-killed-guanajuato-state-cartels\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">10 suspected criminals dead<\/a><\/span> and three police officers injured.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2024,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mass-shooting-deaths-cartel-stronghold-guanajuato-mexico\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">eight people were killed<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and two others wounded after gunmen pulled up to a roadside stand in Guanajuato and opened fire on customers.<\/p>\n<p>Last October, the bodies of 12 slain police officers \u2014 all bearing\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bodies-torture-found-cartel-messages-guanajuato-mexico\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">signs of torture<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and left with messages by cartels \u2014 were found in different areas of the region. The state prosecutor&#8217;s office also said the perpetrators left messages in which a cartel claimed responsibility. <\/p>\n<p>The bodies were found less than 24 hours after\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/drug-rehab-center-attack-deaths-mexico-escape-metal-spikes\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">gunmen attacked a residential center<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for people suffering from addictions in the same municipality, killing four.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2024, a baby and a toddler were among six members of the same family\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/family-murdered-home-guanajuato-mexico-2-kids-4-women-killed\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">murdered<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in Guanajuato. In April 2024, a mayoral candidate was\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mayoral-candidate-gisela-gaytan-shot-dead-street-began-campaigning-guanajuato-mexico\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">shot dead in the street<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in the state just as she began campaigning.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. State Department urges Americans to reconsider traveling to Guanajuato. &#8220;Of particular concern is the high number of murders in the southern region of the state associated with cartel-related violence,&#8221; the department says in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/traveladvisories\/traveladvisories\/mexico-travel-advisory.html#guanajuatostate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">travel advisory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS 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