The municipality of Celaya, Guanajuato, has seen eight murders in the last two days, while security in the district is in the hands of state and federal authorities.
On Monday afternoon, two alleged attempted robberies at a pair of jewelry stores in the center of the municipality left four people dead and five injured.
According to initial reports, the two establishments, located just a few metres from each other, were the victims of an attempted robbery almost simultaneously.
In both cases, the attackers fired shots inside the jewelry stores, leaving several victims inside and outside the shops.
Sources close to the investigation confirmed to El Sol de Bajío that the owner and a security guard were killed in one jewelry store. Two other workers were also killed in the other store.
Regarding the attacks, another version is that it was a direct attack against the establishments, both from the same chain.
Furthermore, this is not the first time that these jewelry stores have suffered a similar incident. Last May 11, a man, alleged assailant, was murdered before committing the crime.
On Tuesday, authorities were alerted to the presence of four bodies inside a home after gunshots were heard in the early hours of the morning.
Experts Criminalists prosecuted the scene to be able to ensure the clues that remained there and finally give way to the elements of the Forensic Medical Servicethat He raised the corpses of the victims, who are preliminarily known to be three men and a woman.
Since last Wednesday, August 21, security in Celaya has been in the hands of the National Guard and the Army, as well as the State Public Security Secretariat, because the National Defense Secretariat (Sedena) is reviewing the Municipal Police’s weapons.
The Secretary of Citizen Security, Jesus Ignacio Rivera Peralta, He reported that the municipal elements have remained in the Public Security facilities because they went out unarmed would undermine their security.