{"id":12007,"date":"2023-04-16T12:03:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T12:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/gunmen-storm-mexican-resort\/"},"modified":"2023-04-16T12:05:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T12:05:04","slug":"gunmen-storm-mexican-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/gunmen-storm-mexican-resort\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen storm Mexican resort, kill 7, including child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Daniel Becerril<\/p>\n<p>MEXICO CITY (Reuters) &#8211;     Armed men on Saturday killed a child and six others after storming a resort in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, authorities said, in a region increasingly plagued by drug cartel violence.<\/p>\n<p>Footage widely shared on social media showed the aftermath of the attack in a palm-studded resort in the small town of Cortazar, about 65 km (40 miles) south of the Guanajuato city.<\/p>\n<p>It was not clear who was behind the shooting that killed the seven-year-old, three men and three women, Cortazar&#8217;s local security department said. One person was seriously injured in the La Palma resort. <\/p>\n<p>But in recent years rival drug cartels have been waging brutal battles to control territory and trafficking routes through the state.<\/p>\n<p>Video taken soon after the attack showed shocked adults and children walking past piles of dead bodies near a swimming pool.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Heavily armed sicarios arrived and this is what happened,&#8221; said an unidentified man, using a word for hired assassins as he filmed at the resort in a video shared on the internet. <\/p>\n<p>Reuters could not independently verify the contents of the video.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After the attack, (the attackers) fled, but not before causing damage to the resort store and taking the security cameras and the monitor,&#8221; Cortazar&#8217;s security department said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p> (Reporting by Daniel Becerril; Writing by Drazen Jorgic; Editing by William Mallard)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/gunmen-storm-mexican-resort\/gunmen-storm-a-water-park-in-cortazar-5\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportTopNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3F00U-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3F00U-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/gunmen-storm-mexican-resort\/gunmen-storm-a-water-park-in-cortazar-6\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportTopNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3F00V-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3F00V-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/gunmen-storm-mexican-resort\/gunmen-storm-a-water-park-in-cortazar-7\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportTopNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3F00W-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3F00W-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/gunmen-storm-mexican-resort\/gunmen-storm-a-water-park-in-cortazar-8\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportTopNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3F00X-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXMPEJ3F00X-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Daniel Becerril MEXICO CITY (Reuters) &#8211; Armed men on Saturday killed a child and six others after storming a resort in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, authorities said, in a region increasingly plagued by drug cartel violence. 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