Six people have been found shot to death in the northeastern city of Monterrey, Mexico. (Representation)
Monterrey, Mexico:
Six people, including two women, were found shot to death in Mexico’s northeastern city of Monterrey, home to major international corporations and rival drug gangs, authorities said Tuesday.
The bodies of the victims were found abandoned in a residential area, most of them with their hands tied, the prosecutor’s office said.
The incident was reported shortly after midnight by local residents who heard gunshots.
Located about 160 kilometers (100 miles) from the US border in the state of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey is an industrial powerhouse hoping to benefit from a new wave of foreign investment.
Electric car giant Tesla plans to build a giant new factory outside the city – part of the “nearshoring” trend of US companies moving production sites closer to their home markets.
Mexico has recorded more than 350,000 murders – most of them attributed to organized crime – since the start of a controversial military operation to combat drug trafficking in 2006.
On Monday, the security minister in the violence-ravaged northeastern state of Tamaulipas, Hector Joel Villegas, survived a gun attack, authorities said.
He resumed his activities on Tuesday with heightened security, they added.
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