Las Tinajas massacre | |
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Part of the Mexican drug war | |
Location | Las Tinajas, Zinapécuaro, Michoacán, Mexico |
Coordinates | 19°52′05″N 100°49′03″W / 19.868149600625113°N 100.8176105877526°W |
Date | 27 March 2022 22:30 ( Mexico Central Time ( UTC−06:00)) |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
Weapons | machine guns and assault rifles |
Deaths | 20 |
Injured | 5 |
Perpetrators | At least 10 gunmen of the Familia Michoacana |
Motive | Gang war |
On 27 March 2022, 20 people were killed in a mass shooting in Las Tinajas, Zinapécuaro, Michoacán, Mexico. [1]
The Mexican drug war is a low-intensity conflict which began in 2006. Michoacán, in western Mexico, is badly affected by the conflict. Several massacres have occurred there, including a mass shooting on 27 February 2022 in San José de Gracia. [2] Rival gangs in the area are also involved in smuggling of gasoline and in illegal tapping of pipelines. [1]
During the evening of 27 March 2022, gunmen armed with machine guns and assault rifles [3] opened fire at an illegal cockfighting pit and shot dead 17 men and three women. Several other people were wounded. [4] [5] One person later died on their way to the hospital. [3] The massacre was believed to be part of a conflict between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and a local gang called the Familia Michoacana. [6]
On 1 April 2022, five men were arrested in Susupuato in connection with the massacre. They were also linked to a February 2022 attack on a prosecutor's office in Maravatío. [7]