Armed gang raids party, six people killed and 26 injured in firing

Mexico City (Uttam Hindu News): At least six people have been killed and 26 injured in an attack by an armed group during a party in Mexico’s northwestern state of Sonora. Local officials have given this information. “The attack took place at a techno-party on the streets of Ciudad Obregón in the municipality of Cazeme,” said Gustavo Salas, head of the Sonora attorney general’s office. No arrests have been made so far, he said.

State military and police officials have identified the group of attackers. Citing a preliminary investigation, he said it was an attack against the leader of a criminal group against whom there are five arrest warrants for murder, femicide, illegal deprivation of liberty and criminal association. He said that due to this, people at the spot were also attacked from behind, due to which five others, including three women, died.

He said various levels of security forces have been deployed in Ciudad Obregón to search for those responsible for the attack. They will not be spared. Meanwhile, Beatriz Elena Antillon Rosas, director of the Mexican Social Security Institute Bienstar Hospital, said four of the injured were in serious condition and 13 had been released from the hospital.