Article 3QSXR Mexico: brazen daylight shootout turns Guadalajara into war zone

Mexico: brazen daylight shootout turns Guadalajara into war zone

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David Agren in Mexico City
from World news | The Guardian on (#3QSXR)

Attack on restaurant targeting former state prosecutor brings war on drugs to one of city's trendiest avenues

Witnesses said the shootout seemed like something straight out of an action movie: heavily armed men swarmed a posh Japanese restaurant, where a former state prosecutor was leaving after a long lunch. Luis Carlos Nijera's bodyguards returned fire and a gun battle ensued on the streets of a trendy neighbourhood in the Mexican city of Guadalajara.

Fifteen people were injured in the attack and subsequent narcobloqueos - roadblocks made by torching buses and other vehicles to hamper police operations - left 15 injured. An eight-month-old baby boy died after suffering severe burns in a bus attack; his mothersuffered burns to 90% of her body.

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