Cartel launches massacre in Guanajuato leaving 11 dead

Guanajuato has become one of the most violent regions in Mexico in recent years, as drug trafficking groups, mainly the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel (CSRL), fight for control of the zone.

The last instance of violence occurred at approximately 10:00 pm Monday, May 23, in a hotel and two bars in Celaya, where a group of 15 armed men got out of three trucks and shot people who were in the Hotel Gala and customers of an adjoining bar in the Lindavista neighborhood. At the scene, 10 people . . .