20 people dead after shooting at cockfighting venue in Mexico

[Eugene]

Source: CBS/AP

20 people dead after shooting at cockfighting venue in Mexico

UPDATED ON: MARCH 28, 2022 / 1:26 PM / CBS/AP

Twenty people were shot and killed in central Mexico on Sunday, the State Attorney General's Office (FGE) said in a statement. Authorities were called to the scene at around 10:30 pm following reports of an attack on a venue often used for hosting illegal betting on cockfights in the town of Las Tinajas, Michoacan state.

The attorney general's office said the "lifeless bodies" of 16 men and three women were found at the scene, all bearing gunshot wounds. It later said an additional person had died en route to hospital, while another five were being treated for injuries.

Federal authorities are working "with the aim of capturing those responsible for the violent acts," the office of Michoacan's secretary of public security said.

Authorities did not give a reason for the shooting.

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[Grokenstein]

1. "illegal betting on cockfights"

Is it just the gambling that's illegal?
Because the fighting itself should be.

[SCantiGOP]

3. I think it is illegal in all states

[padfun]

2. Maybe it was a BIG chicken that shot them.

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