11 people killed in mass shooting at religious festival in Mexican city plagued by cartel turf wars

Gunmen killed 11 people and injured at least 20 in an attack during a religious festival in a central Mexican city plagued by cartel-related violence, authorities said Wednesday.

Bloodstains were seen on the ground and bullet holes in the walls following the shooting Tuesday night in Irapuato in Guanajuato state during celebrations marking the Nativity of John the Baptist.

“It was chaos. People put the wounded into their cars and rushed to hospital to try to save them,” a witness told AFP, asking not to be named due to safety concerns.

A 17-year-old was among those killed, along with eight adult men and two women, the Guanajuato state prosecutor’s office said, vowing that the crime would not go unpunished.

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