Mexico City: At least 18 people were killed and three others injured in a deadly shooting incident in southwest Mexico, media reports said, in what appears to be an instance linked to organised crime. The gunmen opened fire at city hall in the state of Guerrero on Wednesday afternoon, killing more than a dozen people including the city mayor, BNO News reported citing local officials. This shooting happened in San Miguel Totolapan city, the photos of which made rounds on Twitter.
Among the more than 20 dead, they confirmed a minor under 12 years of age in San Miguel Totolapan. "Guerrero #Mexico #Violencia In the centre of the city, in front of the Town Hall, rides were being set up for the fair", Mexican journalist Jacob Morales A said in a tweet. Guerrero State Governor Evelyn Salgado Pineda deeply regretted the death of the San Miguel Totolapan mayor Conrado Mendoza Almeda.