Eleven people were killed, and two others were injured in an armed attack in the La Jauja neighborhood in Tonala, Jalisco, on Saturday. According to ministerial authorities, ten of the victims were construction workers awaiting payment when they were gunned down on the sidewalk in Emiliano Zapata street. Another individual was found dead inside the home where the attack took place, and two more were injured, including a child under the age of five and a woman.
According to witnesses, the attackers arrived aboard a black Ford Explorer and two other vehicles when they opened fire. The three cars fled towards the University of Tonalá. Authorities reported that over 70 shell casings were found on the scene and added that a motive for the attack is not yet known.
The bodies of the victims will be transferred to Forensic Medical Service pending their official identification.
Jalisco recorded the third-highest number of homicides in February 2021, with 220. Since January 2020, the state registered 2,495 murders according to the daily reports from the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC).