Violence Erupts at Mexican Holiday Parties, Leaving Death and Chaos in its Wake

Survivors of a massacre in central Mexico revealed that a group initially turned away from a holiday party returned later with gunmen, resulting in the killing of 11 people and injuring 14. Authorities recovered shells from seven different guns at the scene and are focusing their investigation on a group operating in the area. Guanajuato, where the incident occurred, has been plagued by violent clashes between cartels, with the state having the highest number of homicides in Mexico. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has called for the state prosecutor to step down.