5 shot dead in Mexican town; body parts found in Gulf coast region
Five people were gunned down on the same street where another attack left eight dead just months earlier.
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Five people were gunned down on the same street where another attack left eight dead just months earlier.
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The early morning shootout happened during a joint patrol by police and the military in Guanajuato.
Gunmen burst into the bar La Casita Azul and opened fire at customers, leaving bloodied bodies strewn on the floor according to local media.
The prosecutor said his officials will continue investigating until they find "each one of the bodies of the people who have been reported missing."
"El Mencho" has been indicted in the U.S. and the State Department this month increased a reward to $15 million for his capture.
Mexico's cartel-related violence is concentrated in or along drug trafficking routes, borders and ports of entry.
The incident happened one day after a blast caused by another improvised landmine killed two Mexican soldiers and wounded five others.
Before the blast, the soldiers had discovered the dismembered bodies of three people, officials said.
Damaso Lopez Serrano — who is known as "Mini Lic" — is accused of ordering the 2017 killing of award-winning journalist Javier Valdez.
Osiel Cárdenas Guillén created the most bloodthirsty gang of hitmen Mexico has ever known, the Zetas.
Mayor Jesus Eduardo Franco and the three others were killed in San Luis Potosi, while wine entrepreneur Ricardo Vega was gunned down in Guanajuato, officials said.
State prosecutors said the couple was traveling in a pickup truck in the municipality of Angamacutiro when they were shot and killed.
Benito Aguas Atlahua was a member of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico, part of the ruling coalition that controls congress.
Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department said it was increasing the reward for the top leader of the Jalisco cartel to $15 million.
Fabio Ochoa Vásquez and his brothers amassed a fortune when cocaine started flooding the U.S. in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The war between the cartel's "Mayos" and "Chapitos" has left more than 400 people dead and hundreds missing, according to the state prosecutor's office.
Video posted on social media showed bodies with apparent head wounds scattered outside a food stand.
The cartel allegedly uses fishing boats to smuggle drugs and migrants — and catch tons of red snapper, a commercially valuable but vulnerable species.
The police chief killed himself with his own weapon as marines, National Guard and soldiers closed in to try to arrest him, prosecutors said.
Cristian Fernando Gutierrez-Ochoa — the son-in-law of Jalisco New Generation cartel leader "El Mencho" — was arrested in Riverside, California, officials said.
The arrests came after a murder victim's family received a large ransom request and $32,000 was paid in cryptocurrency.
Germán Reyes was arrested on charges of homicide for the killing of Alejandro Arcos just a week after he took office as mayor, officials said.
14-year-old Ángel Barrera Millán was one of 11 people whose dismembered bodies were found on the side of a highway, authorities said.
The independent report has not yet been publicly released, but the district says it expects to make it available within days.
Early voting begins in five weeks, on Tuesday, February 17.
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Police say online threats, school footage, and holiday arsons were tied together through an investigation.
Dallas Love Field Airport was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after a malfunctioning HVAC unit set off a fire alarm in the terminal, according to City of Dallas officials.
The independent report has not yet been publicly released, but the district says it expects to make it available within days.
Early voting begins in five weeks, on Tuesday, February 17.
The White House defended a video that appeared to show President Trump flipping off a person who yelled at him while touring a Ford factory in Michigan on Tuesday.
Police say online threats, school footage, and holiday arsons were tied together through an investigation.
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