This is how the outrageous murder of a minor happened in a house in Zacatecas

The wave of violence in Mexico has led to the death of a child under fourwho lost his life after an armed attack perpetrated in the municipality of Guadalupe, in zacatecasafter subjects broke into a house in the Real de San Gabriel housing estate, where other infants were playing in the street a few meters away.

It was on the afternoon of Saturday, March 4 – a day before Family Day in Mexico – that townspeople reported gunshots in the valentine’s streetfor which they requested the help of the local authorities, who immediately moved to the targeted point, announced the spokesman of the National Table for the consolidation of peace.

Upon arrival at said site, security companies located three people male presenting gunshot wounds. After carrying out an examination, paramedics determined that at least two of them had lost their vital signs, including a four-year-old child.

As for the other person, she had to be transferred to a hospital from the area for medical treatment as, according to local reports, he was seriously injured. His death was announced later. During this time, elements of the preventive police of the State proceeded to cordon off the street to carry out the corresponding investigations.

According to preliminary reports, the attack occurred when a group of armed individuals violently burst into the Real de San Gabriel housing estate, where they entered house number 56 and opened fire on people inside. inside. Immediately afterwards, they fled the place to an unknown destination, for which no arrests have been recorded for these events despite the surveillance tours carried out by the authorities.

So far, the causes of the triple homicide are unknown, so the identity of victims was kept secret. Due to this violent episode, the Public Prosecutor’s Office has started the corresponding expertise and investigations to establish responsibilities.

This event occurs in a context where zacatecas understood as one of the 9 most violent cities in the world in 2022, when they were reported 490 intentional homicidesaccording to the Citizen Council for Public Safety and Criminal Justice.

The violence in Mexico has undermined the integrity of minors, who are sometimes killed in armed clashes or direct attacks. Throughout 2022, 359 murders of girls, boys and teenagersthat is, an average of 30 victims were reported each month, according to a count made by the organization Causa en Común.

In the first month of the current year, nearly 22 minors murdered throughout Mexico. Among the recorded cases are the death of a 17-year-old boy who was doused in gasoline and burned in Yucatán and the death of an 11-year-old boy who was shot in the head, allegedly triggered by a another miner in Veracruz, stands out.

However, murder is not the only threat that Mexican children face. In 2022, they were counted 33 thousand 352 cases of abuse10,962 of harassment and 2,780 of sexual harassment, in addition to 15,651 cases of simple rape and 7,451 of equal rape, according to data from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP).