On Monday, gunmen opened fire on an alleged cockfighting pit in the Mexican state of Michoacan, killing 20 people and leaving several others wounded in one of the most horrific massacres the country has seen in recent years.
Michoacan officials said the shooting happened Sunday during a “clandestine palenque,” or cockfight, in the town of Las Tinajas. Details on the massacre are still emerging and the area has previously seen violence driven by drug cartels. The country’s president has also stated that the shooting was gang-related.
“It was a massacre of one group against another,” Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said during a press conference on Monday.
Five people, four men, and women were left injured during the shooting and one victim died on the way to the hospital, according to a statement issued on Monday by the Michoacan attorney general. Investigators found more than 100 7.62 caliber
