Two men were fatally shot and a third wounded Thursday at a Naucalpan, Mexico, cemetery during the country's iconic Day of the Dead holiday.
Two men were shot to death while visiting a graveyard during Mexico’s Day of the Dead holiday, prosecutors said Friday. The two men were killed, and a third person wounded, in a shooting Thursday at a cemetery in the Mexico City suburb of Naucalpan. Mexicans traditionally visit the tombs of their deceased relatives during the Nov. 1 - 2 holiday. The killers apparently used that tradition to wait for the victims.
There was no immediate official information on a motive in the attack or the identity of the victims. But local media reported that the victims were a businessman who provided bullet-proofing for cars, and his bodyguard. On the Day of the Dead, families clean the tombs of their loved ones, decorate them with flowers, and sometimes eat, sing or sit quietly beside the graves. This peaceful tradition also was marred by violence in northern Mexico on Wednesday.
Police in the northern border state of Sonora were attacked while driving between the towns of Santa Ana and Magdalena de Kino, 56 miles from the Arizona border, authorities said in a post on Facebook. The attackers left three assault rifles, a truck and smears of blood before fleeing to a mountain nearby. Immediately following the attack, the mayor of Santa Ana evacuated the local school and postponed all Day of the Dead celebrations until further notice.
Benjamin Hill, a town 25 miles south of Santa Ana, cancelled a parade and altar-decorating ceremony on Tuesday afternoon, then called off all school buses heading north Wednesday.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Mexico’s Day of the Dead and a chapter of American history we cannot ignoreIt's safe to say that most Americans know almost nothing about the more than 1 million Mexicans and Mexican-Americans who were forced out of the U.S. during the Great Depression
Read more »
Escalating violence threatens Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico's northern Sonora stateA manhunt is ongoing in northern Mexico after state police were ambushed driving out of Santa Ana, Sonora
Read more »
Escalating violence threatens Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico's northern Sonora stateA manhunt is ongoing in northern Mexico after state police were ambushed driving out of Santa Ana, Sonora. No officials were reported wounded and the injured assailants fled onto a nearby mountain, where the search continues.
Read more »
2 killed in shooting at graveyard during Mexico's Day of the Dead holidayTwo men have been shot to death while visiting a graveyard during Mexico's Day of the Dead holiday
Read more »
2 killed in shooting at graveyard during Mexico's Day of the Dead holidayTwo men have been shot to death while visiting a graveyard during Mexico's Day of the Dead holiday. Prosecutors say two men were killed, and a third person wounded, in a shooting Thursday at a cemetery in the Mexico City suburb of Naucalpan. Mexicans traditionally visit the tombs of their deceased relatives during the Nov. 1 - 2 holiday.
Read more »
2 killed in shooting at graveyard during Mexico's Day of the Dead holidayTwo men have been shot to death while visiting a graveyard during Mexico's Day of the Dead holiday
Read more »