Cd Juarez, Chihuahua: "La Manantial" Bar Attack Kills Four

Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: Notenlamira / Turquesa


Four women were killed early Tuesday inside a bar called "El Manantial", located in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. The attack was committed by only one man.

The events occurred on National Army Avenue, where a man alone opened fire on customers and employees of the establishment, killing four waiters and seriously injuring a man, a local musician.

Experts preliminary determined that the aggressor carried two guns, a 9 mm caliber and a 45 mm caliber. No motive is yet known for why the man entered the bar and opened fire, although there have been suggestions that there was a threat of an attack.

Witnesses told security agents that an armed subject entered the bar and pulled out a gun which he shot right and left in the place, injuring one man and killing the four women, who were employed.

Police forces mobilized around 1:00 in the morning to attend a report of  detonations of firearms  in the bar located in the Emiliano Zapata II neighborhood, however, when they arrived they did not locate the gunman, who wore a red sweatshirt  with hood.

The victims were identified as Karela Yareli Irigoyen Cardona, 21, as well as Sahara, Abel and Viviana, whose last names and age have not been confirmed. Emergency services cordoned off the area and initiate the corresponding investigations.