Grenade attack on U.S. Consulate Guadalajara

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat

Mexican media is reporting two grenades being thrown and detonated  into the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara “in the early hours of Saturday”.  Consulate security completed their inspections at 3 a.m. and found fragments of two grenades, one made in the U.S. and the other from Korea.

One of the grenades hit an interior garden leaving a small crater.

Below is what the Consulate website is reporting:

Security Alert – U.S. Consulate General Guadalajara

Event:  Security Incident at U.S. Consulate General

At approximately 11:00 pm on Friday, November 30, a security incident occurred at the U.S. Consulate General compound.  No one was injured and there was minimal damage to the structure. Mexican and U.S. authorities are investigating and strengthening the security posture around the Consulate facility.  U.S. government personnel are advised to review personal security measures.

The U.S. Consulate will have limited operations on Monday, December 3, to facilitate the investigation.  Regular appointments will be rescheduled.  U.S. citizens with emergencies should contact the Consulate by phone. 

11 months ago a senior official of the US consulate in the city of Guadalajara was attacked by gunfire when he left a shopping center after going to a gym. Christopher Ashcraft survived the shooting. He was the vice-consul of the legation and his job was conducting interviews to authorize visas.  They arrested a suspect and reported the shooting was over visa issues.