San Luis Potosí: Attack leaves 3 dead and 4 wounded

Translated by El Profe from Valor Por Tamaulipas
                             

This morning a commando of heavily armed civilians with AK-47 assault rifles, commonly known as a goat horn [cuerno de chivo], riddled a group of people in the Morales neighborhood [of San Luis Potosí], leaving 3 people dead and at least one more seriously wounded, as authorities moved to the site of the attack and began with the corresponding investigation folder.

According to the facts, the violent incident occurred around 1 am at the intersection of Calle de la Plata and Morales-Saucito Avenue belonging to the Saucito neighborhood. In the area, a group of young people were chatting, when suddenly a truck with heavily armed civilians arrived and when they were a few meters away, took out the high-powered weapons and started firing at them.

After the attack, the gunmen fled at full speed to an unknown destination, while at the scene, three males lost their lives and one more had serious injuries.

Immediately agents of all the police agencies and military personnel arrived at the site to cordon off the area and keep the crime scene intact, while the experts of the Attorney General's Office began with the lifting of clues or evidence that help to reveal the identity and whereabouts of the alleged assassins.

At the same time, staff of the Red Cross provided medical assistance to the injured and due to the seriousness of their injuries had to be transferred to a hospital. The staff of the Legal Medical Service (SEMELE) will proceed with the examination of the dead bodies and transferring them to the facilities for their autopsy.

It should be noted that, faced with this new wave of violence, the authorities have been overwhelmed, and the State Police in Rioverde were victims of crime, as their radio communication antennas were stolen as well as coding devices, transmission devices, batteries and even surveillance cameras.

Another version

 

Three people were killed and four more were seriously injured in an armed attack during a house party.

The events occurred at dawn on Wednesday in Plata and Cobre streets in the Morales neighborhood, in the capital of San Luis Potosí.

Witnesses point out that armed men on a motorcycle burst onto the people, and including the deaths, there were several reported seriously wounded and taken to the Central Hospital.

On Tuesday, the Prosecutor's Office reported 13 violent deaths in San Luis Potosí during the week of January 29 to February 4. With this armed attack the figure rises to 18 murders in less than 15 days.