Gunmen in Mexico kill 22 as FIFA tournament opens

[marmar]

MONTERREY, Mexico (AFP) – At least 22 people were killed in a string of attacks in Mexico, authorities said Sunday, including a shooting at a bar in Monterrey just hours after the opening of soccer's Under-17 World Cup.

Gunmen stormed the bar in Mexico's third largest city late Saturday and "executed three people," wounded another, and kidnapped a security guard at the bar who was later found dead, an official of Nuevo Leon state's investigation agency told AFP.

Four other people, 18-25 years old, were killed Sunday morning in Guadalupe, a city adjacent to Monterrey.

"The victims were gathering in front of one of their homes when armed men showed up in several vehicles and shot them," the official said. ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110619/wl_afp/mexicocrimeshooting_20110619233432

[NYC_SKP]

1. And on Wednesday, 33 were killed in and around Monterrey.

:wow:

Thirty-three violent killings were recorded in and around Monterrey, an area of some four million, on Wednesday, making it the area's most violent day in recent history.

:wtf:

[pipoman]

2. I wonder how many were killed with

ATF supplied 'fast and furious' guns?

[Bluzmann57]

3. I also wonder how many of those murdered

were killed because of the EXTREMELY dangerous drug cartel in Mexico, which is backed by Mexican police?

[pipoman]

4. No arguement there

and, I might add, all because of our silly Raygun remnant 'War on Drugs'.