Stupor in Mexico before a new massacre of 26 dead in Veracruz | Chronic

At least 26 people were shot or burned in a bar in Veracruz, in one of the mbadacres attributed to criminal organizations since the arrival of Andrés López Obrador to the presidency of Mexico, a country with an average of 95 daily homicides.

According to the first reports of witnesses, a group of five to six armed persons allegedly entered the "White Horse" bar of the port of Coatzacoalcos, fired at the public and threw incendiary bombs into the facility after After spraying it d & # 39; gasoline.

The Mexican press has published testimonials indicating that many patrons and dancers had tried to escape into locker rooms or emergency exits, but that some were trapped in the middle of the flames because the main entrance had been blocked by the murderers.

The case filled the Mexicans with astonishment and President López Obrador protested because one or more of the attackers had apparently been arrested long ago by the authorities, then released with arguments whose legal basis is controversial.

This version was paid by the governor of Veracruz, Cuitlháuac García, who in a brief message on the networks badured that one of the attackers is Ricardo "N", nicknamed "La Loca", arrested last July and released in less than 48 hours by the public prosecutor's office.

"There is a problem that needs to be studied about the actions of the prosecutor's office of Veracruz", President López Obrador said that the Attorney General's office had already been tasked with handling the case in order to conduct an investigation. "thoroughly" this includes, if necessary, the potential authorities involved.

he "Contubernio" between organized crime and the authorities "it's corruption, and that's what we also have to fight, " concluded the head of state.

"Not only should those who perpetrated these horrendous and regrettable acts be punished, but also the authorities, because if these people were arrested and released, they had to justify why they had been committed.added López Obrador.

The first hypotheses of the investigators allude to the fight between criminal gangs who dispute the illicit drug trade in Veracruz or who are dedicated to extorting money from the owners of bars and restaurants, to whom they ask for money. Money in exchange for alleged protections.

The press described the case as "the worst mbadacre in Veracruz" and even compared it to what happened in 2011 at the Royal Bar in Monterey, which was burned and attacked with firearms during from an event that took the lives of 52 people. .

Of the 26 deaths in White Horse Bar, there are ten women.

Most of the violence perpetrated in the state of Veracruz took place following the war between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and Los Zetas, two of the main drug trafficking groups operating in the country. country.

This new act of violence takes place when López Obrador prepares his government speech next Sunday with a highly criticized security management, because so far this year, a record number of violence has been achieved.

In the first seven months of 2019, there were 20,135 homicides across the country, with a national average of 95.8 cases per day, according to official figures.

Since 2006, Mexico has suffered a series of violent acts of bloodthirsty violence. Former president Felipe Calderón then declared an open war on crime with the support of the army and navy.

During this war against organized crime, 260,000 dead and 40,000 missing have been reported.
The worst mbadacre of this period took place in August 2010, when 72 Ecuadorian, Brazilian, Guatemalan, Honduran and Salvadoran migrants were slaughtered in San Fernando, in the state of Tamaulipas, in the north of the country, after being kidnapped.