12 people have been killed in coordinated attacks in violent Mexican city

Authorities in the north-central Mexican state of Guanajuato say that 12 people are dead following coordinated and near-simultaneous attacks in the city of Salamanca on Thursday 12 people have been killed in coordinated attacks in violent Mexican city MEXICO CITY — Twelve people were killed in a series of coordinated and near-simultaneous attacks in the violence-wracked city of Salamanca, authorities in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato said Friday. The massacre is the latest episode in a wave of violence in Salamanca, west of the state’s capital Guanajuato, where gunmen killed four men and wounded two others in an attack at a drug rehabilitation center late Tuesday. The industrial and agricultural state of Guanajuato has for years been the scene of a bloody turf battle between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and a local gang, the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel. Security analyst David Saucedo said that the Jalisco New Generation Cartel has control of urban areas, while Santa Rosa de Lima controls rural ones, but they continue to fight for control of cities like Salamanca. “Salamanca has a very complicated situation.” Saucedo said that Salamanca has had three different police directors in the last three years, noting a lack of capability to take on the organized crime groups. – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/12-people-killed-coordinated-attacks-violent-mexican-city-114512360