Eleven people were killed and four wounded in a suspected arson attack at a bar in the northern border city of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, on Saturday morning, Mexican officials said, as the country struggles with violent crime.
Officers He said An intoxicated youth threw a Molotov cocktail at a club called Beer House at 1:33 p.m. Witnesses said he was harassing women at the bar, which led to his expulsion, according to the Sonora state attorney general’s office.
The attorney general said the suspect has yet to be identified or arrested. Prosecutors have not said whether they believe the incident is related to organized crime.
Some victims were rushed across the border for treatment united states, Others are being treated at local hospitals, prosecutors said.
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office in 2018, vowing to change the country’s approach to cracking down on crime. Four years later, however, only criminal organizations are more entrenched, although the country saw a slight drop in homicides last year.
In 2019, a deadly arson attack on a club – blamed on cartel members – in Cotjacolcos, Veracruz, southern Mexico, left more than 30 people dead. Armed attackers blocked the club’s exits, trapping patrons inside.
