Celaya massacre

Celaya massacre
Celaya massacre
Part of the Mexican drug war
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Location	Valle Hermoso, Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
Coordinates	20°32′34″N 100°49′17″W / 20.542702011261866°N 100.82150286978519°W
Date	23 May 2022 ; 22:00 (CDT)
Target	Jalisco New Generation Cartel members
Attack type	Spree shooting, Arson
Weapons	Assault rifles, Molotov cocktails
Deaths	11
Injured	5
Perpetrators	15 gunmen of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel
Motive	Gang war

On 23 May 2022, eleven people were killed in a mass shooting at the Gala Hotel and a nearby bar in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico.^[1]

At about 10 p.m. CDT on 23 May 2022, 15 hooded gunmen from the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel stormed the Gala Hotel in Celaya.^[2] The hotel had a bar at street level, which they stormed into and killed two men and women. The gunmen then entered a bar across the street and killed another man and five women. They reportedly threw molotov cocktails, and torched the hotel, starting a fire which was later put out.^[1]^[3] One person died in hospital, bringing the total to eleven, with eight women and three men. The attackers left a message on a piece of cardboard referring to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and three dismembered bodies which were found hours before the attack.^[4]

References

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "10 killed, 5 seriously wounded in attack on hotel in Celaya, Guanajuato". Mexico News Daily. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ "Mexican hotel massacre leaves 11 dead and five injured". The Independent. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
^ "Gunmen launch deadly attack on Mexican hotel". BBC News. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ "Masacre en bares de Celaya deja 11 muertos [Transmisión]". El Sol del Bajío | Noticias Locales, Policiacas, de México, Guanajuato y el Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 May 2022.

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[:0-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "10 killed, 5 seriously wounded in attack on hotel in Celaya, Guanajuato". Mexico News Daily. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[I-2] "Mexican hotel massacre leaves 11 dead and five injured". The Independent. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.

[3] "Gunmen launch deadly attack on Mexican hotel". BBC News. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[4] "Masacre en bares de Celaya deja 11 muertos [Transmisión]". El Sol del Bajío | Noticias Locales, Policiacas, de México, Guanajuato y el Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 May 2022.

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