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| Caribbean-Latin America |
| 21 Die in Bar Massacre in Monterrey |
| 2011-07-10 |
| For a map, click here. For a map of Nuevo leon, click here. For a map of Monterrey, click here. Additional info with a hat tip to Nota Roja By Chris Covert A total of 21 individuals were shot to death as a large group of armed suspects attacked a bar in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon late Friday night. The shooting took place at around 2200 hrs at the El Sabino Gordo bar near the intersection of calles Villagran and Carlos Salazar in the Zona Centro of Monterrey. Reports say 14 were killed inside the bar while another five were killed outside. Two more presumably wounded in the shooting died later while receiving medical attention. One other unidentified individual is said to have been seriously wounded in the shooting. The suspects emerged from two vehicles, and entered the bar shouting for waiters. As some on the wait staff attempted to hide from that attack, the shooters opened fire. Most of the dead were wait staff. AK-47 and AR-15 assault rifles were used in the attack. Milenio reports that the bar was a known venue for selling drugs, but reports were unclear as to which cartel benefited from drug sales. The initiating event was a decision by the club managers to stop selling of drugs inside the bar entirely, after they received threats about one of the rivals being allowed to sell drugs. Other reports say that a cartel federation, dubbed Nueva Federacion operating in Nuevo Leon and comprising the Sinaloa, Gulf and La Familia cartels was involved in the shooting. Friday's shooting as described as a settling of accounts. The Sinaloa and Gulf cartels are known to have joined forces in northeastern Mexico from Mexican published reports last fall. At that time the announcement of the new group came with no formal identifying name, but was an apparent response to Los Zetas kidnapping and extortion operations in Nuevo Leon. The announcement followed a car bomb in General Zuazua, Nuevo Leon, and was faxed to several national publications including Proceso, the Mexican leftist weekly. To read the Rantburg account of the new cartel alliance following the General Zuazua, Nuevo Leon car bombing, click here. Sinaloa cartel cocaine operations have moved to the east coast in states such as Tabasco and points north, in an apparent alliance with the Gulf Cartel. Both the Gulf and Los Zetas criminal groups have suffered heavy losses in fighting each other over last summer and fall, especially in the border cities of Matamoros and Reynosa, so the additional help of the Sinaloa cartel is seen as a counterbalance to Los Zetas operations in the same area. To read Rantburg reports on the new alliance between the Sinaloa cartel and the Gulf cartel click here and here. The attack took place less than five blocks from the Monterrey quarters for the Mexican Policia Federal detachment in Monterrey. Federal agents went to two other nearby bars later that night, Infinito and Givengis, to conduct searches of the premises. In the same area, Federal agents located a vehicle with bullet holes. A report by Milenio described a second shooting as the shooters exited the bar, and it is possible one or more armed suspects were waiting outside the bar. However, no accounts have been released detailing any return fire against the shooters. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 Another Gunwalker success story. |
| Posted by: FrancisChalk 2011-07-10 19:21 |
| #2 BRB, AK-47 |
| Posted by: badanov 2011-07-10 06:11 |
| #1 Nice little bar you got here...it would be a shame if....what's that you say, amigo? Gotcha. Say, excuse me a sec, I'll be back. |
| Posted by: KBK 2011-07-10 01:09 |
