Attackers kill 15, including 11 members of a family, in north Mexico

July 10, 2016 08:42

Fifteen people, including 11 members of one family who were shot while still in their beds, died in a series of attacks by gunmen in the capital of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, officials said on Saturday.

The attacks took place late Friday and early Saturday in Ciudad Victoria, in which six minors were also killed. While officials didnt specify who was behind the violence, factions of the splintered Zetas Cartel are fighting for control of the city.

Herminio Garza Palacios, secretary of government in Tamaulipas, which borders Texas, said in a videoconference that the most serious attack took place early Saturday morning when gunmen entered a home and killed 11 members of the same family while they were sleeping. Shortly afterward, three people were killed in a neighbourhood in Ciudad Victoria.

The violent Zetas Cartel has splintered into factions following the capture or killing of many of its leaders. Authorities say various factions are fighting for control of Ciudad Victoria, including a group called Zetas Old School and the so-called "Northeast Cartel", a grouping of factions led by the family of captured Zeta leader Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, or Z40.

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