13 People Killed In Two Massacres In Acapulco In A Single Day

“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat

At least thirteen people were murdered, eleven of them in two massacres, which occurred on May 23, 2024, in the municipality of Acapulco, Guerrero. The first of them occurred on Doctor Ignacio Chávez Street, which connects Universidad Avenue with Costera Miguel Alemán, in the Magallanes neighborhood of Acapulco de Juárez.

At around 5:40 p.m. on May 23, 2024, five people, including a woman, were murdered. In addition, a teenager was injured. Witnesses cited by local media told authorities that two armed men attacked their victims outside the commercial establishment, located inside the “La Diana” market.

The three dead men and the teenager were left lying on the sidewalk, where they were playing a slot machine. While inside the store a woman was left lying, who apparently was a worker at the business. The two attackers fled on foot towards Universidad Avenue.

Later, the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) of Guerrero confirmed, through a statement, that five people died during the attack and that one was injured. Likewise, he said that he began an investigation file against whoever is responsible for the crime of homicide and injuries.

Around 8:45 a.m. on May 23, 2024, in two different points of the town of El Treinta, in the rural area of ​​Acapulco, six men were found murdered and their bodies were dumped on the Mexico-Acapulco federal highway.

The first two bodies were found on the federal highway, in front of Cuauhtémoc High School. The other four bodies were located on a soccer field, 300 meters from the initial discovery. All the victims had gunshot wounds and were recovered up by their families.

The Secretary of Public Security (SSP) of Guerrero later reported that State Police personnel went to the scene, “without signs of any incident being located.” The elements visited the aforementioned points of said town, including the aforementioned area, on the Acapulco-Mexico federal highway.

Additionally, during the early hours of Thursday, May 23, 2024, a dismembered man was found inside a 50-liter pot, in the Juan R. Escudero neighborhood, in the upper part of Ejido Avenue, between 12th and Emiliano Zapata streets. , after an emergency call to the number 911 was made. The human remains were transferred to the facilities of the Forensic Medical Service (SEMEFO).

Around 4:00 p.m. on May 23, 2024, a taxi driver was shot to death outside the Social Readaptation Center (CERESO) in Las Cruces. The crime occurred between Del Fútbol and Coral streets, in the Libertadores neighborhood.

In addition, from around 10:00 p.m. on May 22, 2024 and until 2:00 p.m. the following day, residents of the communities of San Jerónimo Palantla and Nuevo Amanecer, in the municipality of Chilapa de Álvarez, had an armed confrontation, according to Jesús Plácido Galindo, leader of the Emiliano Zapata Indigenous and Popular Council (Cipog-EZ).

The Secretariat of Public Security of Guerrero reported that the State Police, in joint actions with the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA), the National Guard and the State Attorney General’s Office, maintain a presence in the town of San Jerónimo Palantla, where they located three vehicles, three homes and the Municipal Police Station on fire. However, in these events there were no injuries or deaths.

On the other hand, before 6:00 a.m. on May 23, 2024, three young people were found bound and executed, next to a vacant lot on Adrián Castrejón Street, in the Yohuala neighborhood, east of the municipal seat of Iguala de la Independencia, near the highway to Cuernavaca.

The young people, between 18 and 20 years old, were left in a row face down, all three had their faces covered with adhesive tape, hands tied behind their backs and with the coup de grace in the head, as well as other gunshots in their bodies. 

On top of them, a piece of cardboard was left with a message written by “you know who”, with the initials FG, apparently from the Guerrero Federation, in which they accused the young people of supposedly belonging to an alleged gang of robbers and motorcycle thieves in said municipality.

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