Eight dead and five injured in Mexican nightspot shooting incident

Eight people were killed and five more injured after gunmen opened fire inside a busy nightspot in the Mexican city of Jerez.

According to police reports, eight people were killed after gunmen opened fire inside a busy nightspot in the north. Mexican city of Jerez on Saturday, January 28. A spokesman for the Ministry of Security said two vehicles stopped in front of the compound and heavily armed men ran in and began shooting at random.

Six people died instantly in the hail of bullets they revealed, while two others died on the spot while being treated by medics. As of Sunday the 29th, it was still reported that five more people were hospitalized, according to cbsnews.com.

Local media said the victims included customers along with musicians and employees of the ‘the little deer‘ bar located in the center of the city of Jerez. The city is known to be the center of an ongoing turf battle between the sinaloa and Jalisco drug cartels. In recent years, the province of Zacatecas has been affected by a wave of violence that has caused many residents to leave the area.

Zacatecas is considered so dangerous that it is included on the US State Department’s ‘Do Not Travel To’ list of destinations. The advisory warns potential travelers: “Violent crime, extortion, and gang activity are rampant in the state of Zacatecas.

The region is said to be a key location for the movement of fentanyl across the border into the United States and has one of the highest per capita homicide rates in the country.

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