At least six dead, ten injured in armed attack in Mexican bar

At least six people were killed and ten others injured in southeastern Mexico on Sunday during an armed attack in a bar, prosecutors said. In this attack that occurred in the town of Villahermosa, in the state of Tabasco, armed men entered “looking for a specific person” and people nearby were hit by the gunfire, Deputy Prosecutor Gilberto Melquiades said at a news conference. Five people were found dead inside the bar, called «DBar»and another died in hospital, according to the prosecutor.

Five of the injured have been identified, he added. The shooting came two weeks after a similar attack in the city of Querétaro, a region in central Mexico that until now had been spared violence linked to organized crime.

Outbreak of violence

The Querétaro attack left 10 dead and 7 injured. Federal Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch said on Sunday that the government of President Claudia Sheinbaum would act «a coordination» with local authorities to clarify what happened in Tabasco.

This oil state in southeastern Mexico has seen an outbreak of violence in recent months. On November 20, local police officers were fired upon while on patrol in Villahermosa.

Between January and October this year, 715 murders were committed in Tabasco, compared to 253 for the whole of 2023, according to official statistics.