Latest news update from Mexico: A terrorist bombing outside a bar in Guanajuato, Mexico kills 2 and has injured many.
Two terrorists on a motorcycle delivered a package containing an explosive device to a bar in north-central Mexico, killing two men.
The explosion in the state of Guanajuato came seconds after the victims, local reports suggest the employees of the bar received the package on Sunday at the bar next to a casino in the city of Salamanca, state prosecutors said.
Cartel drug war in the state of Guanajuato – Mexico Bombing
Prosecutors said they are investigating what type of device was used. Explosives are sometimes used by drug gangs in Mexico, but grenades are more common. Some gangs have begun attaching explosives to drones for aerial attacks.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Guanajuato has seen an increase in the use of explosives by criminals
An unspecified number of others were wounded. A video posted on Twitter showed one man standing on the street outside the bar, bloodied and with apparently severe injuries, after the attack and several injured and killed on the floor. (caution advised)
"Terrorismo" is now trending in #Mexico because of this attack in Salamanca Guanajuato. Bomb attacks were not common, but it was just a matter of time with the escalation of violence due to the passive posture of @lopezobrador_ against the cartels. https://t.co/FEGhzZoyOH
— David Wolf (@DavidWolf777) September 20, 2021
Casinos and bars in Mexico have been frequent targets of extortion demands by drug cartels. Mexico is gripped by a turf war between the Jalisco cartel and other gangs.
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