{"id":77669,"date":"2018-09-15T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T05:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=77669"},"modified":"2022-11-26T14:44:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T09:44:11","slug":"three-killed-in-mexico-city-tourist-hotspot-police-chase-mariachi-gunmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=77669","title":{"rendered":"Three killed in Mexico City tourist hotspot, police chase &#8216;mariachi&#8217; gunmen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MEXICO CITY, Sep 15 (TNS): Gunmen with rifles and pistols killed three people on Friday and injured at least seven in a tourist plaza in downtown Mexico City, police said, adding that they were chasing three men dressed as mariachi musicians who fled on motorbikes.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico City police said in a statement the victims were killed at an intersection on the edge of Plaza Garibaldi, a major tourist destination packed with mariachi bars.<br \/>buy zoloft online <a href=\"https:\/\/buynoprescriptionrxxonline.com\/dir\/zoloft.html\">https:\/\/buynoprescriptionrxxonline.com\/dir\/zoloft.html<\/a> no prescription<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Videos from the scene on social media and television showed a heavy police presence, with the site of the attack cordoned off, but dozens of people were still hanging out nearby.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"DPSlot_container StandardArticleBody_dp-slot-inline\" data-ad-type=\"other\">\n<div id=\"dpslot_native_154510_USKCN1LV031\" class=\"DPSlot_ad-container\" data-google-query-id=\"CION6p6cvN0CFY_S1QodLzMAPA\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After years of keeping a lid on the worst violent crime that has plagued Mexico, the capital has seen a surge in homicides since 2014 to record levels.<\/p>\n<p>Police say much of the crime stems from retail drug dealing by violent gangs, although the government admits that at least one of these has links to a major national trafficking group, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Plaza Garibaldi borders one of Mexico City\u2019s most notorious neighborhoods, Tepito, home to La Union gang that police blame for rising drug dealing in the capital.<br \/>buy vibramycin online <a href=\"https:\/\/buynoprescriptionrxxonline.com\/dir\/vibramycin.html\">https:\/\/buynoprescriptionrxxonline.com\/dir\/vibramycin.html<\/a> no prescription<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>In August, police arrested the presumed leader of the gang, Roberto Moyado Esparza \u201cEl Betito\u201d. Since then, the Tepito neighborhood has suffered a wave of violence, including several killings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Attribution_container\">\n<div class=\"Attribution_attribution\">Courtesy:\u00a0Reuters<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEXICO CITY, Sep 15 (TNS): Gunmen with rifles and pistols killed three people on Friday and injured at least seven in a tourist plaza in downtown Mexico City, police said, adding that they were chasing three men dressed as mariachi musicians who fled on motorbikes. Mexico City police said in a statement the victims were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,892],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-maxico"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77669"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107755,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77669\/revisions\/107755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}