Massacre in Mexican bar leaves 11 people dead

A police officer and soldiers keep watch outside a bar after a massacre in a bar left eleven people dead
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Rebecca Speare-Cole
27 September 2020

A massacre in a bar left 11 people dead on Sunday, authorities in Mexico have said.

Another woman was also found with gunshot injuries.

It comes as the country grapples with a record homicide rate despite the government's pledge to stop gang violence.

A police tape is seen outside a bar after a massacre in a bar left eleven people dead in Jaral del Progreso
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Guanajuato, a major car-making hub, has become a recurring scene of criminal violence in Mexico.

It has been ravaged by a turf war between the local Santa Rosa de Lima gang and the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

In July, gunmen killed 24 people at a drug rehabilitation center in Guanajuato.

It marked one of the worst mass slayings since President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office pledging to reduce record levels of violence.