Uruapan arcade shooting
| Uruapan arcade shooting | |
|---|---|
| Part of Mexican drug war | |
| Location | Calle Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez, Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Date | February 3, 2020 |
| Deaths | 9 |
| Injured | 2 |
| Perpetrator |  Jalisco New Generation Cartel |
On February 3, 2020, suspected CJNG cartel members shot up an arcade in Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico, killing nine people, including three children.
Background
[edit]Uruapan has been the center of a territorial dispute between the Jalisco-based Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and the Los Viagras cartel based in Michoacán, where Uruapan is located.[1] Reprisal attacks and public killings have been commonplace in the city, and in August 2019, nineteen bodies were disposed of on the road near Uruapan.[1] On the weekend before the arcade shooting, the graves of eleven people were discovered nearby. A police station was also attacked by gunmen in retaliation for the arrest of a Los Viagras member.[1] Just a day prior to the shooting, Los Viagras members released a video showing off weapons they threatened to use against CJNG.[2]
Shooting
[edit]Four armed men walked into the arcade on February 3, looking for Los Viagras members. The arcade, located on Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez street, was a site commonly used by Los Viagras members to sell drugs.[3][4] The men asked questions to people gaming at the arcade regarding the whereabouts of "El Ruso" and "The Bald One".[5] When the gunmen couldn't find who they were looking for, they shot sporadically throughout the arcade. The weapons shot 9mm bullets, and sixty-five ballistic elements were discovered by Mexican authorities.[5] Nine people were killed in the shooting, including a 12-year-old, a thirteen-year-old, a fourteen-year-old, a seventeen-year-old, and an eighteen-year-old.[6] Two others were injured in the attack.[4]
Aftermath
[edit]Families of the victims were not hopeful in Michoacán authorities in detaining the perpetrators.[1][7] Following the shooting, the war between CJNG and Los Viagras intensified in the Uruapan area.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Grieving families bury kids slain in Mexico arcade attack". AP News. 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ "VIDEO: Los viagras amenazan al CJNG en camioneta armada". La Verdad Noticias (in Spanish). February 2, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
- ^ "Mexico violence: Nine killed in Uruapan amusement arcade". 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ a b "Ataque en un local de videojuegos en Uruapan dejó 9 muertos, entre ellos cuatro menores". Infobae (in European Spanish). 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ a b Charner, Flora; Cucalon, Ana (2020-02-04). "Video arcade massacre leaves nine dead in Mexico". CNN. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ "Nine killed including four children in attack on video arcade in Mexico". The Guardian. 2020-02-04. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ "In the heart of Mexico's violence, disillusion grows". AP News. 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
- ^ "Violence Hotspots in Michoacán: Who Is Behind the High Murder Rate in the State - Intelyse". 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2024-02-19.