Men purporting to be members of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) have released a video denouncing the February 27 Tonala, Jalisco attack in which 11 were killed, 10 of whom were construction workers.

In the video, which bears no CJNG insignia or the group’s markings, seven alleged CJNG members armed and dress in black stand in a white room. The spokesperson accuses the Jalisco Attorney General of attempting to botch the investigation by suggesting that the victims were caught in a crossfire. They then accuse individuals known as “El Loco,” “El Primo,” or “El Marino” of orchestrating the attack.

The attack left eleven people dead, and two others were injured in La Jauja neighborhood in Tonala, Jalisco on February 27. Ten of the victims were construction workers who were 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.

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).

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).

The remains have been transferred to the Jalisco Institute of Forensic Sciences where they will be analyzed to determine the number of bodies, the cause of death, and possibly their identities.

On Wednesday, five people were killed and one injured after a shooting was reported in Tlaquepaque. An investigation is ongoing.

On Tuesday, a shooting erupted at Los Otates restaurant in Zapopan. The Zapopan municipal police reported that several heavily armed men aboard at least two vehicles entered the restaurant to kidnap a diner, who was also accompanied by other armed individuals. The exchange of fire was recorded for several minutes. Three people are injured, including two waiters and a police officer. Their status is not yet known. One of the alleged gunmen died at the scene. His body was collected and transported aboard a pick-up by the other gunmen.

In November, at least 113 bodies were recovered in clandestine graves in El Salto, Jalisco. Thirty of the bodies have been identified by relatives, including two women and 28 men; the rest of the bodies remain in the Forensic Medical Service as “unidentified deceased persons.” Excavation into the grave began in October when forensic experts discovered four bodies on a farm in Los Sabinos subdivision.

Jalisco tops the list with the highest number of exhumed bodies from clandestine graves, with 897 bodies between 2006 and September 2020. It is also the state with the highest number of missing persons, with 3,568 cases reported since December 2018.

From 2006 to September 2020, at least 4,092 clandestine graves have been discovered in Mexico, in which 6,900 bodies have been exhumed.