Western Mexico’s relentless drug violence continued over Christmas, with the discovery of six decapitated heads in one state and a shooting that killed seven people in another.
The Michoacán state prosecutor’s office reported that the six heads were found on Christmas Day in Jiquilpan, a municipality near the state of Jalisco. The area has been a battleground between rival drug gangs in recent years. The victims have not yet been identified, and their bodies remain missing.
In neighbouring Guerrero state, security officials said gunmen entered a house in the municipality of Atoyac de Álvarez and shot seven people dead. Among the victims were five members of one family and a married couple.
State security spokesman Roberto Álvarez Heredia stated that two of the dead were municipal police officers and one was a state police officer. Preliminary investigations suggest the gunmen intended to kill one victim in a revenge attack but ended up killing all seven.
Guerrero, home to the resort city of Acapulco, is one of the states most affected by drug-gang violence in Mexico.
