MEXICO CITY (AP) — A gang of gunmen raided a resort where dozens of vacationers were spending the weekend in central Mexico and opened fire, killing six adults and a 7-year-old, authorities said.
Officials from the municipality of Cortazar in Guanajuato state said in a statement that an eighth person was seriously injured in the mid-afternoon attack at the resort of La Palma. The statement did not speculate on a possible motive.
After the shooting, the attackers vandalized the spa shop and took the security cameras with them before fleeing, officials said. Three women, three men and the child died.
A video posted to social media shows several people running around in swimsuits, crying, screaming and hugging their children.
Mexican soldiers and police, aided by a helicopter, searched for the attackers.
Guanajuato, an agricultural and industrial center, has been Mexico’s most violent state for years. The Jalisco New Generation drug cartel has battled with local criminal groups, including the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel, which is apparently backed by the Sinaloa Cartel.
