The conflict between the two armed groups killed six civilians near the Mexican crime-plagued beach city of Acapulco. Authorities said Tuesday.
The Guerrero State Attorney's Office said in a statement that violence broke out in a small town called Kilomesro 30 on the highway leading to Mexico City on Monday night.
Municipal Commissioner Adan Casarrubias said the victims were five men and an elderly woman. Three people were injured.
Soldiers and police found weapons in an armored vehicle in the town where several cars burned.
Casa Rubias said at least three vehicles of armed personnel were involved in the confrontation, which scared residents.
“Even with a pot, a stick or anything else, we're going to fight for our town,” he said.
Officials said during the investigation, long weapons, magazines, cartridges, seven vehicles (including an armored truck), tire-functional weapons and five simple explosive devices were seized.
Once dangerous beach resorts are now vandalized by violence
During its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, Acapulco was a wealthy and famous playground. Today, the city once known as the “Pearl of the Pacific” is engulfed by violence associated with drug cartels.
On Thursday, the Facebook news page administrator was shot dead in Acapulco.
From December, the judge is Shoot to death Outside his car, outside the Acapulco Courthouse.
May 2024 10 bodies were found Scattered around the city. A month before that, the Traffic Police Chief Shooting to death When the attacker opened fire at him on the street away from the resort beach.
In February 2024, two men were found dead on a popular beach in Acapulco, prosecutors said the men had “signs of torture on their necks”. In the same month, three people were shot dead on the beach in Acapulco, and a gunman arrived – Escape – Escape – on board.
Acapulco is Guerrerothis is one of the most severely affected by drug trafficking in the country. The U.S. State Department advises Americans to avoid crime and violence altogether, one of six states in Mexico.
