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Massacre leaves 11 dead at Mexico football stadium, three arrested
2026-01-29 08:53:54 / BOTA
Mexican authorities announced on Wednesday the arrest of three people suspected of involvement in the shooting that left 11 dead and about ten injured at a soccer stadium in the central part of the country.
On Sunday, gunmen stormed a neighborhood stadium and opened fire on spectators in Salamanca, a city of about 160,000 people in the central state of Guanajuato, which is among those hardest hit by violence in Mexico.
Authorities believe it was a case of revenge linked to organized crime.
The State Secretariat (Ministry) of Security reported that three suspects were arrested, following a series of “coordinated and targeted operations.” It did not provide details on the suspects’ identities, nor the charges they face in the investigation, to protect its confidentiality.
Among the dead were at least five employees of a private security company.
According to initial reports, they were targeted because the company they worked for had ties to the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (JNGC). The perpetrators were believed to be members of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel (SRL), a rival of the former. The two gangs are fighting for control of stolen fuel trafficking, drug trafficking and extortion.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed satisfaction last week that the country's homicide rate had dropped to its lowest level in a decade, to 17.5 per 100,000 inhabitants, by 2025.
But in Guanajuato, which remains one of the states most affected by violence, the rate was 38.8 per 100,000 inhabitants.
The endless wave of violence attributed to cartels in Mexico has claimed the lives of more than 450,000 people since 2006, not counting more than 100,000 who have disappeared, according to official figures.
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