List of massacres in Mexico

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The following is a list of massacres that have taken place in the North American country of Mexico.

Massacres

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Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Massacre in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan 22 May 1520 Tenochtitlan Hundreds or Thousands Spaniards killed Mexica nobles while they were performing a religious ceremony.
First Magdalena massacre 3 November 1757 Magdalena de Kino, Sonora 31 Seri people attack a village of Spanish inhabitants
Second Magdalena massacre November 1776 Magdalena de Kino, Sonora Unknown All of Magdalena de Kino's residents died in an attack from the Seri people
Wells of Baján massacre 21 March 1811 Wells of Baján, Coahuila 40
Goliad massacre 27 March 1836 Goliad County, Texas 342 465 prisoners. 28 escaped, 20 spared as workers, 75 spared as unarmed captives.
Dawson massacre 17 September 1842 near San Antonio de Bexar, Texas 36 15 captured and 36 killed out of a total of 54 Texan men.
Black bean episode 25 March 1843 Saltillo, Coahuila 17 Mexicans tell Texan and American diplomats that 1/10 of the prisoners they captured would die. They force Texans to choose out of a random bowl of beans, and those who chose a black bean were shot.
1846 Monterrey massacre 23 September 1846 Monterrey, Nuevo León ~60 Ampudia ordered the white flag of surrender to be flown. Many American troops, especially the Texas Rangers ran about looting and burning houses, raping women, and killing entire families of Monterrey.[1]
1847 Monterrey massacre 4 January 1847 Monterrey, Nuevo León ~50 Texas volunteers blamed the Mexicans for the death of several of their companions in the occupied Monterrey. Consequently, American troops began shooting all civilians they encountered. The Houston Telegraph and Register, citing military sources reported over 50 killed.[2]
Saint Patrick's Battalion massacre 10-13 September 1847 Chapultepec, Mexico City 50 50 surrendered Irish volunteers who fought as part of the Mexican Army against the United States in the Mexican–American War, collectively known as Saint Patrick's battalion, were killed by the U.S. Army.
Massacre at Janos 5 March 1851 Janos, Chihuahua Unknown
Crabb massacre 1-8 April 1857 Caborca, Sonora 84 84 killed out of a total of 85 American men.
Bacum Massacre 18 February 1868 Town of Bacum, Sonora 120 Mexican troops gathered over 400 Yaqui men, women, and children into a church at Bacum and then began firing upon it, leaving up to 120 civilians dead
Mazocoba massacre 18 January 1900 Guaymas, Sonora ~400 Also known as the Battle of Mazocoba
Mazatán massacre [es] 8 June 1902 Quizuani Ranch, Sonora 127 Reprisal massacre during the Yaqui Wars. 78 men, 26 women, and 20 children died. Some of the wounded were taken to Hermosillo Municipal Hospital afterwards.[3]
Cananea strike 1 June 1906 Cananea, Sonora 23 22 wounded
Río Blanco strike 7-8 January 1907 Río Blanco, Veracruz 50-70 Federal troops put down rioting textile workers
Torreón massacre 15 May 1911 Torreón, Coahuila 300 Chinese Mexicans were targeted
San Pedro de la Cueva massacre 2 December 1915 San Pedro de la Cueva, San Pedro de la Cueva Municipality, Sonora 91 During the Mexican Revolution, on the morning of December 2, 1915, after the disastrous campaign of his army in the state of Sonora, Pancho Villa angrily arrived in San Pedro de la Cueva and ordered the mass execution of all the residents of the town. He blamed them for the deaths of five of his men. An outpost under the command of one of her colonels, Margarito Orozco, had apprehended 300 men, women and children, training them in front of the church. When Villa ordered his officers to initiate the executions, Colonel Macario Bracamontes, who was active in his ranks, convinced him to spare the lives of a hundred women and children. Immediately, the rest of the prisoners, who numbered 112 men, were lined up against one of the walls of the Catholic church to be put under arms; at the beginning of the executions, the village priest, Andrés A. Flores Quesney, pleaded three times for the lives of the condemned, including his father, but Villa ended up killing him with a shot. The killing continued.[4][5][6][7]
Santa Isabel massacre 10 January 1916 near Santa Isabel, Chihuahua 18 Villistas stopped a train near Santa Isabel, Chihuahua and killed around 17 American passengers from the ASARCO company of Tucson, Arizona.[8][9]
Villa Milpa Alta massacre 15 October 1916 Milpa Alta, Mexico City 150-200 Massacre of 150 to 200 civilians, including children, perpetrated by Constitutional Army during the Mexican Revolution[10]
1935 Revolution Day Zócalo Battle 20 November 1935 Zócalo, Mexico City 3 50 wounded, a violent conflict that broke out during the Revolution Day festival of 1935 at the Zócalo between members of the Revolutionary Mexicanist Action and multiple organizations associated with the Mexican Communist Party.
León massacre 2 January 1946 León, Guanajuato 30-100 Federal Troops called in by the Governor of the State of Guanajuato, fired into a crowd of demonstrators, killing at least 40 and up to 100 people[11][12][13][14][15][16]
La Alameda massacre 7 July 1952 Mexico City 200-500[17] Massacre of Henriquis protesters who were protesting against fraud and irregularities in the 1952 presidential elections by the Mexican army.[18][19]
San Luis Potosí massacre 15 September 1961 San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí Unknown [20]
Chavinda massacre August 1966 Chavinda, Michoacán 69 A 22-year-old baker named Alfonso Medina, poisoned people with arsenic in Chavinda, causing at least 69 deaths.
Atoyac massacre 18 May 1967 Atoyac de Álvarez, Guerrero 5-11[21] Police shot against protesters in the town of Atoyac de Álvarez. The protests were against the imposition of school uniforms and tuition fees. The massacre resulted in Lucio Cabañas creating a guerilla group that operated in the mountains of Guerrero the following years.
Cosalá massacre December 1967 Cosalá, Sinaloa 7 A drunken Mexican soldier killed six people in Cosalá, Mexico. The soldier shot dead three other soldiers, the wife of a soldier, and two other people, before being killed himself.[22]
San Miguel Canoa Massacre 14 September 1968 village of San Miguel Canoa, Puebla 4 A right-wing priest incited a mob of villagers to attack five mountain climbers who he believed were communists, 3 wounded[23]
Tlatelolco massacre 2 October 1968 Mexico City 44-400 Government troops massacred between 44 (officially) and 400 (according to human rights activists, CIA documents and independent investigations) students 10 days before the 1968 Summer Olympics taking place in Mexico City, and then tried to wash the blood away, along with evidence of the massacre.
Huehuetlán el Chico massacre 15 February 1969 Huehuetlán el Chico, Puebla 18[24] Murder of peasants from Huehuetlán el Chico who were protesting against a mayor[25][26]
Monte de Chila massacre 28 January 1970 Monte Chila, Jopala, Puebla 80 - 324 Massacre of indigenous Totonac, perpetrated by the Mexican army, it is estimated that around 324 people died in the massacre, including children, women, elderly people and men; however, there are no official figures[27][28]
Corpus Christi massacre 10 June 1971 Mexico City 120 Also known as "El Halconazo", a student march was brutally attacked by a shock group called Los Halcones
Huitzotlaco Massacre 14 May 1977 Huitzotlaco, Atlapexco, Hidalgo 3 Murder of 3 peasants by gunmen hired by caciques, 12 wounded[29][30][31]
Masacre del Penal de Oblatos [es] 10 October 1977 Guadalajara, Jalisco 14 14 inmates murdered and seven injured.[32]
Tzacuala massacre 21 January 1980 Tzacuala, Huautla, Hidalgo 4 4 peasants killed in Ambush in a village in Tzacauala.[33][34]
Golonchán Viejo massacre 15 June 1980 Golonchán Viejo, Sitalá, Chiapas 12 Armed civilians and soldiers murdered at least 12 Tzeltal peasants. 40 wounded[35][36]
Tula massacre 14 January 1982 Atotonilco de Tula, Hidalgo 13 13 tortured bodies were found at Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico at the time of Arturo Durazo Moreno Administration[37]
Pantepec massacre 2 June 1982 Pantepec, Puebla 27 Massacre of 27 Totonac and Tepehuán indigenous peasants by municipal police, white guards and hired killers.[38][39]
Centro Penitenciario Michoacán riot 20 July 1988 Michoacán 10 13 wounded[40][41]
Querétaro filicide 24 April 1989 Jardines de la Hacienda colonia, Querétaro City, Querétaro 3 Claudia Mijangos, 33, stabbed her three children to death in a fit of madness, saying she heard voices ordering her to do it.[42]
Christine nightclub shootout 8 November 1992 Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco 6-20 Members of the Sinaloa Cartel (according to some sources accompanied by elements of the state's judicial police) attacked the Disco Christine in Puerto Vallarta, leaving a balance of 6 people dead and 3 injured[43][44][45][46]
Aguas Blancas massacre 28 June 1995 Aguas Blancas, Guerrero 17 Peasant protestors demanding drinking water, schools, hospitals, and roads were shot by motorized police
San Pedro Nixtalucum Massacre 14 March 1997 San Pedro Nixtalucum, El Bosque, Chiapas 4 The State Police assault civilians sympathetic to the EZLN, resulting in 4 deaths, 29 wounded, 27 detained and 300 displaced[47][48][49]
Max Fim restaurant shooting 3 August 1997 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 6 3 wounded[50][51][52][53]
Acteal massacre 22 December 1997 Chenalhó, Chiapas 45 Massacre carried out by paramilitary forces of 45 people attending a prayer meeting of indigenous townspeople, who were members of the pacifist group Las Abejas ("The Bees"), in the village of Acteal, municipality of Chenalhó, in the Mexican state of Chiapas.
El Charco massacre 7 June 1998 Town of El Charco, Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero 11 11 people were killed while sleeping in the local school, Caritino Maldonado by soldiers[54][55][56]
El Sauzal massacre 17 September 1998 El Sauzal, Baja California 19 A command of armed men arrives at the El Rodeo farm in Ensenada, and executes three entire families. 19 people were killed and 2 were seriously wounded[57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66]
El Limoncito de Alayá Massacre 14 February 2001 El Limoncito de Alayá, Cosalá, Sinaloa 12 Tijuana Cartel gunmen try to kill drug lord Javier Torres Félix and his brother Manuel at El Limoncito de Alayá, a farm in the municipality of Cosalá, Sinaloa After failing to find the two, the gunmen sought revenge by killing twelve residents of the area. 3 wounded[67][68][69][70]
San Cristóbal Attack 6 May 2002 San Cristóbal, Ecatepec 2 A desperate mechanic Jose Luis Nieto Avila runs over several children and teachers at the Gabriela Mistral Daycare Center, where five-year-old Adriana Martínez and three-year-old Rodrigo Reyes lost their lives. 22 wounded [71][72][73][74]
2003 shootout Nuevo Laredo 17 April - 4 May 2012 Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas 3 6 wounded
San Jerónimo de Juárez Massacre 31 July 2005 San Jerónimo de Juárez, Guerrero 12 2 wounded. At least 11 people were murdered in the coastal municipality of San Jerónimo de Juárez by a former military man who was apparently drugged, who was then shot and wounded. He was lynched by the villagers[75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82]
2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco 3-4 May 2006 San Salvador Atenco, State of Mexico 2 200-300 wounded[83][84]
Río Bravo Ambush 29 November 2007 Río Bravo, Tamaulipas 6 Mexican politician Juan Antonio Guajardo and five companions were murdered in an ambush in Río Bravo [85]
La Marquesa massacre 12 September 2008 Ocoyoacac, State of Mexico 24 24 bodies are found at a national park called La Marquesa; all bodies were shot and showed signs of torture[86][87][88]
La Mesa prison riots 13-18 September 2008 Tijuana, Baja California 22 12 wounded
Morelia grenade attacks 15 September 2008 Morelia, Michoacán 8 132 wounded. A series of grenades are detonated in crowds gathered to celebrate Independence Day.
2009 Ciudad Juárez prison riot 4 March 2009 Cerezo state prison, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 20 15 wounded
Ciudad Juárez rehab center attack 2 September 2009 El Aliviane centre, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 18 3 wounded
Balderas metro station shooting 18 September 2009 Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City 2 A religious fanatic, Luiz Felipe Hernández, kills a civilian and a police officer at the Balderas station of the Metro Collective Transport System, 5 Wounded[89]
Villas de Salvárcar massacre 31 January 2010 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 15 Cartel members massacre 16 teenagers, outraging Ciudad Juarez residents.
Guerrero mass graves June 2010 Taxco, Guerrero 55 Cartels massacre civilians
2010 Chihuahua shootings 10 June 2010 Second floor, Templo Cristiano Fe y Vida (Christian Faith and Life Temple), Chihuahua 19 4 wounded
Nuevo León mass graves 25 June 2010 Nuevo León ~70 Bodies found in mass graves across Nuevo León
Ciudad Victoria ambush 28 June 2010 Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas 7 The candidate of PRI Rodolfo Torre Cantú was murdered along with six of those in his entourage by agents of a drug cartel
2010 Saric shootout 1 July 2010 Sáric, Sonora 21 6 wounded
2010 Torreón Massacre 18 July 2010 Torreón, Coahuila 17-18 18 injured[90][91][92][93][94][95]
1st San Fernando massacre 24 August 2010 San Fernando, Tamaulipas 72 72 undocumented migrants trying to reach the United States were killed by Los Zetas. The victims were interrogated and shot at a nearby warehouse. Initial reports suggested they were killed because of refusing to join Los Zetas as hitmen or because they were mistaken for Gulf Cartel members, but the motives are still unclear.[96]
Tepic Massacre 27 October 2010 Tepic, Nayarit 15 An armed group that descended from trucks shot down 15 young people who worked at a car wash in the Lázaro Cárdenas neighborhood in the south of the city.[97][98][99][100][101]
2010 Puebla oil pipeline explosion 19 December 2010 San Martín Texmelucan de Labastida, Puebla 29 52 wounded
Allende massacre 18-20 March 2011 Allende, Coahuila 42-300+
Monterrey triple murder of journalists 25 March 2011 Monterrey, Nuevo León 3 By Los Zetas
2nd San Fernando massacre 6 April 2011 San Fernando, Tamaulipas 193 Gruesome massacre of 193 bus passengers by Los Zetas using barbaric, gladiator style tactics. A similar attack happened in the same municipality in 2010 (2010 San Fernando massacre).
Ruiz massacre 25 May 2011 Ruiz, Nayarit 29 3 wounded. One of the most violent clashes between criminal organizations in Mexico between Sinaloa Cartel and Los Zetas.[102][103][104]
Coahuila mass graves 3 June 2011 Piedras Negras, Coahuila 38 Mass grave covered up by drug cartels
Durango massacres April 2011 Durango, Durango 340 Various mass graves discovered between April 2011 and February 2012.
Monterrey casino attack 25 August 2011 Monterrey, Nuevo León 52 Drug cartel set a casino on fire
Altamira prison brawl 4 January 2012 Altamira, Tamaulipas 31
Apodaca prison riot 19 February 2012 Apodaca, Nuevo León 44
Nuevo Laredo massacres 17 April 2012 Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas 37 Various massacres between the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas having a turf war
2012 Boca del Río murder of journalists 6 May 2012 Boca Del Río, Veracruz 4
Cadereyta Jiménez massacre 13 May 2012 Cadereyta Jiménez, Nuevo León 49 Los Zetas murder Mexican civilians, either Gulf Cartel members or US-bound immigrants.
San Luis Potosí massacre 9 August 2012 San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí (state) 14 The Mexican police found 14 dead bodies stuffed inside a SUV on 9 August 2012 along a highway in the city of San Luis Potosí
La Pila Prison riot 27 April 2013 La Pila, San Luis Potosí 13 65 wounded[105][106][107][108][109][110]
Lagos de Moreno massacre 7 July 2013 Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco 6 Kidnapping and assassination of 6 students by CJNG[111]
Loma Blanca Massacre 22 September 2013 Loma Blanca, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 10 Murder of 10 people celebrating the victory of a baseball team by gunmen[112][113]
Tlatlaya massacre 30 June 2014 San Pedro Limón, Tlatlaya, Michoacán 22 22 civilians executed by government troops.[114][115][116]
Iguala massacre 26 September 2014 Iguala, Guerrero 43 Mass kidnapping and murder of male students from Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College
Apatzingán massacre 5 January 2015 Apatzingán, Michoacán 16 16 unarmed civilians killed by federal police outside Apatzingán city hall.[117][118][119][120]
2015 Ocotlán ambush 19 March 2015 Ocotlán, Jalisco 11 5 wounded
2015 San Sebastián del Oeste ambush 6 April 2015 San Sebastián del Oeste, Jalisco 15 A convoy of the Jalisco State Police was ambushed by suspected members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) in a mountain road in San Sebastián del Oeste, Jalisco. Fifteen policemen were killed and five were wounded
1 May 2015 Jalisco attacks 1 May 2015 Jalisco 18
Tanhuato–Ecuandureo shootout 22 May 2015 Tanhuato, Michoacán 22-42 [121][122]
Colonia Narvarte murders 31 July 2015 Colonia Narvarte, Mexico City 5 Murder of photographer and journalist Rubén Espinosa along with four other women[123][124]
Topo Chico prison riot 10 February 2016 Monterrey, Nuevo León 49[125] to 52+[126] Most deadly riot in Mexican penal history
2016 conflict in Nochixtlán 19 June 2016 Asunción Nochixtlán, Oaxaca 8 108 wounded
Colonia El Triunfo massacre 29 April 2018 El Triunfo, Iztapalapa, Mexico City 5 5 men are shot dead on El Triunfo street in Iztapalapa[127][128]
Salamanca nightclub shooting 9 March 2019 Salamanca, Guanajuato 15
Minatitlán shooting 19 April 2019 Minatitlán, Veracruz 14 [129]
Uruapan massacre 8 August 2019 Uruapan, Michoacán 19 19 bodies found in three parts of the city
Coatzacoalcos nightclub fire 27 August 2019 Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz 31[130]-32[131] 31-32 people die in an arson attack on a bar in Coatzacoalcos, by Jalisco New Generation Cartel
2019 Western Michoacán clashes 30 August 2019 Tepalcatepec, Michoacán 9 11 wounded
2019 Auililla police massacre 14 October 2019 Aguililla, Michoacán 13[132] A convoy of five police trucks carrying a combined total of 42 police officers were dispatched to serve a warrant at a home in El Aguaje when over 30 drug cartel gunmen who lied in wait ambushed them with various types of firearms, killing 13 and injuring 9 of them.[133][134]
LeBarón and Langford families massacre 4 November 2019 Near Bavispe, Sonora 9 Gunmen suspected of being drug cartel members ambushed three vehicles occupied by Mormon U.S.-Mexican dual citizens on a highway in Sonora, killing nine, including six children. The cars and the burned bodies of the victims were found by the police.[135]
2019 Villa Unión shootout 30 November 2019 Villa Unión, Coahuila 28 8 wounded
Cieneguillas prison riots 31 December 2019 Near Cieneguillas, Zacatecas 17 Using weapons smuggled into the prison, the inmates rioted with 16 being killed in the first riot on 31 December and an additional inmate being killed in the second riot on January 2.[136]
Chilapa massacre 17 January 2020 Chilapa, Guerrero 10 After passing an illegal checkpoint, a group of musicians were ambushed by Los Ardillos hitmen, killing the 10 members of the caravan. The musicians were returning from a performance in the town of Tlayelpan[137][138][139][140][141]
Madera ambush 3 April 2020 near Chuhuichupa, Ciudad Madera, Chihuahua 19 19 people are killed in a shootout between rival cartels in Madera, Chihuahua. Local media reports the violence was part of a conflict over turf by the Juarez Cartel and the rival Sinaloa Cartel
Colima police massacre May 2020 Colima 7 Kidnapping and murder of police[142][143][144]
Irapuato massacres 6 June 2020 - 1 July 2020 Irapuato, Guanajuato 38 5 wounded
Camargo massacre 23 January 2021 Camargo, Tamaulipas 19 On January 23, 2021, 19 bodies were discovered near the Mexico–United States border, the victims are said to be migrants and were shot and set on fire.[145]
Tonalá Massacre 27 February 2021 Tonala, Jalisco 11 Eleven people were killed and at least two wounded when unidentified armed assailants attacked a party.[146][147]
Battle of Doctor Coss 13 March 2021 Doctor Coss, Nuevo León 10
Coatepec Harinas attack 18 March 2021 Coatepec Harinas, State of Mexico 13 Gunmen ambushed a police convoy, killing 13 police officers.[148]
Capture of Aguililla 6-28 April 2021 Aguililla, Michoacan 27 8 wounded
Reynosa Attacks 19 June 2021 Reynosa, Tamaulipas 19 19 people are killed, including 15 civilians.[149][150]
Guerrero executions September 2021 Guerrero 15-20 Execution of approximately 15-20 suspected members of the Guerreros Unidos, including two while being filmed, by the armed group Los Tlacos[151][152][153][154][155][156]
Tarecuato massacre 11 November 2021 Tarecuato, Tangamandapio, Michoacán 11 11 gunmen killed 11 indigenous people.[157][158][159][160][161]
Las Tinajas massacre 27 March 2022 Las Tinajas, Zinapécuaro, Michoacán 20 17 men and 3 women killed at a cockfight by members of a rival faction of Jalisco New Generation Cartel.[162][163]
Celaya massacre 23 May 2022 Celaya, Guanajuato 11 A group of about 15 men shot staff and guests at a hotel.
Rayón massacre 5 August 2022 Rayón, San Luis Potosí 13 A confrontation between elements of the Civil Guard and armed men left 13 criminals dead and two arrested in Rayón, San Luis Potosí[164][165][166]
Tuzantla shootout 24 August 2022 Tuzantla, Michoacán 8 Eight people were killed in the city of Tuzantla, Michoacán, in a firefight between rival factions of La Familia Michoacana
Yecapixtla shooting 1 September 2022 Yecapixtla, Morelos 5 Five people including a former mayor, are killed and several others are injured after a mass shooting at a soccer field in Yecapixtla, Morelos.[167][168]
San Miguel Totolapan massacre 5 October 2022 San Miguel Totolapan, Guerrero 20 2 wounded
2023 Ciudad Juárez prison attack 1 January 2023 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 19 Ten guards, seven inmates, and two gunmen were killed while 13 other people were wounded in an armed attack on a prison, At least 30 inmates escaped.
2023 Sinaloa unrest 5 January 2023 Sinaloa 30 The army arrests Ovidio Guzmán López, the son of incarcerated drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, in Culiacán, Sinaloa. Unrest ensues in the state, with schools and airports closed. Ten soldiers, a police officer and 19 cartel members are killed. 52 Wounded[169]
Nuevo Laredo military shooting 26 February 2023 Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas 5 Soldiers open fire on a pickup truck carrying unarmed civilians in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, killing five people and injuring 1, sparking protests and riots by local people
El Capire ambush 17 March 2023 El Capire, Guerrero 7 Ambush led by criminal group La Familia Michoacana[170][171]
Ciudad Juárez migrant center fire 27 March 2023 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 40 Central and South American detainees at a migrant center in Ciudad Juárez deliberately set fire to their mattresses, killing 40 people and injuring 27 others
Ensenada shootout 20 May 2023 Ensenada, Baja California 10 Ten people were killed and another ten wounded in an off-road vehicle rally in the San Vicente area of the city by members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel
Beer House Cantina arson 22 July 2023 San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora 13 Customer expelled José Luis N from bar sets fire to the place and kills 13 people[172]
Coyuca de Benítez shooting 23 October 2023 Coyuca de Benítez, Guerrero 13 13 police officers killed in ambush in Coyuca de Benitez[173][174][175]
Salvatierra massacre 17 December 2023 Salvatierra, Guanajuato 11 11 people are killed during a mass shooting at a Christmas season party in Salvatierra, Guanajuato. Three others are killed and four injured at a bar in Tulum, Quintana Roo, while four are killed in Salamanca, Guanajuato.[176][177]
2023 Ciudad Obregón shooting 29 December 2023 Ciudad Obregón, Sonora 8 Eight people are killed and 26 others are injured in a mass shooting at a party in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora. The shooting's target, a cartel member, is among those killed.[178][179]
San Juan del Río massacre 9 January 2024 San Juan del Río, Querétaro 9 Nine bodies were found on a road in San Juan del Río, Querétaro[180][181]
Acultzingo massacre 23 February 2024 Acultzingo, Veracruz 7 [182][183][184]
Technological University of Guadalajara attack 6 March 2024 Guadalajara, Jalisco 3 Gabriel Alejandro Galaviz, armed with a knife and an axe, entered the Universidad Tecnológica de Guadalajara campus and attacked three employees, two women and one man. The women did not survive. Previously, he murdered another woman at a nearby motel.[185][186][187] The aggressor was not a student at the university, his motivations were unclear, and the police believe his attack was a copycat of other school attacks such as the Colegio Cervantes shooting and Suzano massacre.[188] Galaviz committed suicide in prison.[189]
Chicomuselo massacre 12-13 May 2024 Chicomuselo, Chiapas. 11 Armed groups execute 11 civilians in Chicomuselo[190][191][192]
La Concordia massacre [es] 28 June 2024 La Concordia, Chiapas 20 Sinaloa Cartel gunmen kill 20 members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Chiapas. The dead were alleged to be members of a cell operating between Chiapas and Guatemala.[193]
2024 Querétaro massacre [es] 9 November 2024 Santiago de Querétaro , Querétaro 10 Ten people are killed while 13 others are injured in a shooting by unidentified gunmen at a bar in Querétaro [194]
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