{"id":15301,"date":"2018-09-16T19:24:26","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T19:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=15301"},"modified":"2018-09-16T19:24:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T19:24:26","slug":"five-die-after-shoot-out-at-mexico-citys-garibaldi-plaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=15301","title":{"rendered":"Five die after shoot-out at Mexico City’s Garibaldi Plaza"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Five people have died after a shoot-out at Mexico\u00a0City’s Garibaldi Plaza, a tourist hotspot known for its mariachi bands.<\/p>\n

On Friday evening, gunmen dressed as mariachi musicians opened fire before making a getaway on motorcycles, officials said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The assailants, who were armed with rifles and handguns, injured at least nine people, including a foreign national.<\/p>\n

There is still no official information about what caused the violence but local reports suggest it might have been a confrontation between cartels fighting over the city centre.<\/p>\n

Plaza Garibaldi borders Mexico City’s Tepito neighbourhood, home to La Union gang, which police say is responsible for a number of drug-dealing and protection rackets.<\/p>\n

The historical site is also blocks away from El Zocalo, a square where thousands went on Saturday night to see outgoing President Enrique Pena Nieto deliver his farewell Independence Day speech.<\/p>\n

The capital is on track to register a record number of homicides this year, and reversing that trend will be a priority for incoming President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The former Mexico City mayor, who will take office in December, is confident that new strategies under the city’s incoming mayor,\u00a0Claudia Sheinbaum, will be effective.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I am sure they will resolve the problems that are being suffered in Mexico City … Claudia will restore peace,” he told local media on Saturday when asked about plans to halt violence in the capital.<\/p>\n

In a recent interview,\u00a0Sheinbaum said her priorities are to end police corruption and implement US-style justice reform.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the past 12 years, Mexico<\/a> has fought violent drug gangs by deploying thousands of police, soldiers, and intelligence officers to crack down on cartels and their leaders.<\/p>\n

Last year was the deadliest year in two decades, with over 23,000 homicides, an increase of 10.7 percent compared with 2016.<\/p>\n

In 2018, there have been 18,994 murders in seven months, a 20 percent jump on the same period in 2017, according to the Ministry of Public Security.<\/p>\n

If the trend continues, 2018 is set to be the most violent year ever in Mexico.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n SOURCE: Al Jazeera and news agencies<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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