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Gunmen on Motorcycles Kill Four in Chiapas Bar as Investigation Begins

The case points to a pattern of motorcycle attacks in a region riven by cartel turf battles.

Overview

  • Armed men on motorcycles burst into the El Profe bar in Ocozocoautla, Chiapas, and shot four men dead, the state prosecutor said.
  • The state attorney general’s office opened a case and sent a multidisciplinary team led by its homicide unit to run the inquiry.
  • Security forces increased patrols and set up checkpoints around the town, with the State Guard, the Pakal Immediate Reaction Force and the Mexican Army taking part.
  • Local social media named the dead as Leonel Pascasio, Wilfrido Coello, Bartolo García and Alexander Hernández, though officials have not confirmed the identities.
  • The town has faced years of conflict between a cell tied to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel, and a similar motorcycle killing in nearby Comitán days earlier remains unsolved.