{"id":9542,"date":"2024-05-15T11:38:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T11:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=9542"},"modified":"2024-05-15T11:38:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T11:38:35","slug":"11-people-die-in-mass-shootings-in-cartel-plagued-part-of-mexico-amid-wave-of-mass-killings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=9542","title":{"rendered":"11 people die in mass shootings in cartel-plagued part of Mexico amid wave of mass killings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Eleven people were killed Tuesday in mass shootings in a small town in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas, the state prosecutor&#8217;s office said, marking at least the fourth mass killing in the county in just a week.<\/p>\n<p>The office said the shooting occurred in the township of Chicomuselo, an area known as a trafficking route for migrant and drug smuggling that has been hit by\u00a0cartel turf battles in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>Security forces launched patrols of the region near the border with Guatemala as part of efforts to find the perpetrators, officials said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The township \u2014 and the outlying hamlet of Morelia, where the killings occurred \u2014 is in a sparsely populated area near Mexico&#8217;s border with Guatemala.<\/p>\n<p>There have been confrontations between drug cartels in the area as recently as Monday, but at least some of the victims of Tuesday&#8217;s shootings appeared to be simply residents of the town.<\/p>\n<p>Chiapas draws tourists with its lush jungle, Indigenous communities and ancient Mayan ruins.<\/p>\n<p>But the border area has been plagued by violence as the rival <span class=\"link\">Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels<\/span> battle for territory. Just last month, <span class=\"link\">masked men stopped a vehicle<\/span> carrying Mexico&#8217;s leading presidential candidate, Claudia Sheinbaum, while she was traveling between campaign stops to ask that she address the violence in Chiapas if she wins the June 2 election.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Candidates in Mexico Face Threats \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/15\/cc1b0203-f9d7-47d8-9cc1-94b0bb153c7a\/thumbnail\/620x413\/e5ef9d0e644c78ba072d84e067555de5\/gettyimages-2151866084.jpg?v=fc8d024e10db3fe720fa4908dcd79bea 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/15\/cc1b0203-f9d7-47d8-9cc1-94b0bb153c7a\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/65264ecdd2ec6fcdcbce39c2e399f59b\/gettyimages-2151866084.jpg?v=fc8d024e10db3fe720fa4908dcd79bea 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">The security convoy of candidate Willy Ochoa, formed by patrols of the National Guard, State Police and private security, leaving the municipality of Las Rosas, Chiapas, Mexico. May 6, 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Victoria Razo for The Washington Post via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thousands of people have been displaced as the cartels work to control migrant, drug and weapons smuggling routes and forcibly recruit locals.<\/p>\n<p>The bloodshed in Chiapas marks at least the fourth mass killing in Mexico in about a week. Officials said <span class=\"link\">eight people died<\/span> in a weekend shooting &#8220;right in the center of town&#8221; in Mexico&#8217;s Morelos state, adjacent to Mexico City. Last Wednesday, nine bodies were found in a northern Mexican of Zacatecas. That came just one day after nine other corpses were found on an avenue in the city of Fresnillo, also in Zacatecas state. Messages addressed to a criminal group were <span class=\"link\">found with those remains<\/span>, authorities said. <\/p>\n<p>Mexico has recorded more than 450,000 murders since launching a controversial anti-drug military operation in 2006, according to official figures.<\/p>\n<p><em>AFP contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/div>\n<p> 11 people die in mass shootings in cartel-plagued part of Mexico amid wave of mass killings<br \/>\n<br \/>#people #die #mass #shootings #cartelplagued #part #Mexico #wave #mass #killings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleven people were killed Tuesday in mass shootings in a small town in the southern&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[5053,3726,5054,4872,797,3900,212,5052,1147],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - 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