A cartel war has transformed once-tranquil Guanajuato into one of Mexico's deadliest states
Word spread quickly here after gunfire erupted at a neighborhood drug rehab center.
Natalia Acosta Medina bolted from her patio, sprinted through the muddy streets and climbed the stairs of the two-story facility.
More than two dozen blood-spattered men lay face-down, some with heads split open, others groaning in agony.
“I turned over the bodies one by one and looked at their faces,” Acosta recalled. “But I never found my son.”
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-08-02/el-marro-vs-el-mencho-cartel-turf-war-roils-mexicos-guanajuato
Tragic story. Guanajuato itself is a fascinating and historic colonial town, once one of the wealthiest Mexican cities due to the local silver deposits; one gets around town driving through tunnels created by the mining activities. I hope to return there one day once things calm down.
(It's also home of the Museum of the Mummies, a pretty grotesque exhibition.)
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