Massacre at cockfight in Mexico leaves 20 dead
by Lillian Perlmutter in Mexico City from World news | The Guardian on (#5XK25)
Gunmen with assault rifles burst into event in western state of Michoacan long plagued by violence between drug cartels
Mexican authorities have confirmed that 20 people were killed when a group of gunmen stormed a cockfight, in a small town in the western state of Michoacan.
Officials and witnesses described a choreographed massacre in which assailants in military uniforms arrived just after 10.30pm on Sunday night and opened fire with assault rifles at the crowds of primarily middle-aged men.
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