Nine people were killed in Ciudad Juarez, in northern Mexico, in two attacks that erupted overnight and then at the funeral of a man who was killed, the local prosecutor’s office announced on Saturday.
The first fire was aimed at Friday night, the house where the relatives of the deceased were staying overnight. Three people lost their lives in it.
The body was then transported to a temple yesterday, where a group of armed men interrupted the funeral procession and opened fire, killing six other people.
The victims are six men, two women and a child.
Two people were also injured in the two attacks, the Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office in northern Mexico said in a statement.
Ciudad Juarez, located on the US border opposite El Paso, Texas, is one of the most violent cities in Mexico.
More than 1,400 murders were recorded there in 2021, most of them in bloody clashes between rival drug trafficking gangs.
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