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On 9 March 2019, a mass shooting occurred in La Playa Men's Club, a nightclub in Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico. Fifteen people were killed, [3] [4] ...
Celaya, Guanajuato 11 A group of about 15 men shot staff and guests at a hotel. Rayón massacre August 5, 2022 Rayón, San Luis Potosí: 13 A confrontation between elements of the Civil Guard and armed men left 13 criminals dead and two arrested in Rayón, San Luis Potosí [168] [169] [170] Tuzantla shooting: August 24, 2022 Tuzantla, Michoacán 8
Salamanca (Otomi: Xidoo "Place of Tepetate") is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. The city was founded on January 1, 1603, as 'Villa de Salamanca' by the Viceroy Gaspar de Zúñiga , fifth Count of Monterrey, who was originally from Salamanca ( Spain ).
The Mummies of Guanajuato are a number of naturally mummified bodies originally interred in Guanajuato, Mexico. The human bodies appear to have been disinterred between 1870 and 1958. During that time, a local tax was in place requiring a fee to be paid for "perpetual" burial.
17 December - Salvatierra massacre: Twelve people are killed during a mass shooting at a Christmas season party in Salvatierra, Guanajuato. Three others are killed and four injured at a bar in Tulum, Quintana Roo, while four are killed in Salamanca, Guanajuato. [29] 22 December — Former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas requests asylum. [30]
3 October – Twelve people are killed in a series of attacks by suspected drug cartels in Salamanca, Guanajuato. [72] 6 October – Alejandro Arcos, the mayor of Chilpancingo, is assassinated less than a week after taking office. [73] 13 October – Five decapitated bodies are found along a road in Ojuelos, Jalisco. [74]
The Beltrán Leyva Organization (BLO), also known as the Beltrán Leyva Cartel [2] (Spanish: Cártel de los Beltrán Leyva, [3] pronounced [ˈkaɾtel ðe los βelˈtɾan ˈlejβa], CBL), [4] was a Mexican drug cartel and organized crime syndicate, formerly headed by the five Beltrán Leyva brothers: Marcos Arturo, Carlos, Alfredo, Mario Alberto, and Héctor.
The Battle of Salamanca took place between 9 and 10 March 1858 in Salamanca (near Guanajuato), during Mexico's War of Reform (1858-1860). Elements of the liberal army, under General Anastasio Parrodi, governor of the Jalisco, fought with Generals Leandro Valle, Santos Degollado, and Mariano Moret, against conservatives, commanded by General Luis G. Osollo.