At least 3 killed in Acapulco shooting at beachside restaurant in Mexico

The prosecutor’s workplace in Guerrero state, the place Acapulco is positioned, stated two gunmen approached and killed two males at a beachside restaurant.

Police then chased the attackers down the seashore, killing one and significantly wounding the opposite. Video posted on social media confirmed individuals working down the seashore as gunshots rang out. Others appeared to take cowl behind tables or chairs.

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Beachside shootings have occurred earlier than in Acapulco, which has been suffering from gang violence since 2006.

In November, police stated gunmen pulled up in a ship and shot a person to loss of life on a well-liked seashore in Acapulco. The attackers then apparently fled within the boat.

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On Mexico’s Caribbean coast, there was a Nov. 4 shootout on a seashore in Puerto Morelos south of Cancun, involving a squad of armed males who left two alleged drug sellers useless.

That daytime bloodshed despatched vacationers scrambling for canopy at two giant motels the place native drug gangs have been apparently competing for drug gross sales.

The video within the participant above is from an earlier report.