Gunmen dressed as mariachis kill four in famed tourist plaza in Mexico City
The five assailants opened fire in Plaza Garibaldi as partiers enjoyed Independence Day weekend celebrations
Gunmen dressed as mariachi musicians opened fire in Mexico City’s famed Plaza Garibaldi, killing four people and wounding nine others including a foreigner, police said on Saturday.
The five assailants opened fire with rifles and handguns on Friday night as the downtown plaza was filled with partiers enjoying the September 16 Independence Day weekend celebrations.
Investigators later found 60 empty bullet casings on the ground.
The shooters fled aboard three motorcycles, the Mexico City prosecutor’s office said.
The music and partying continued until after the city’s chief of public security, Raymundo Collins, showed up at the crime scene, video footage broadcast on TV showed.