Six dead,10 wounded in Mexico bar shooting

MEXICO CITY: At least six people were killed and 10 wounded early on Sunday in an armed attack at a bar in the city of Villahermosa, in the southeastern Mexican state of Tabasco, local authorities said.

“Armed persons” entered the bar “looking for a specific person” and the shots hit those nearby, state deputy prosecutor Gilberto Melquiades said at a press conference, adding that an investigation was ongoing.

At least five people were found dead at the scene, a venue known as “DBar,” while another died after being taken to hospital, the official said.

Five of the wounded had been identified, he added.

The shooting occurred two weeks after a similar attack in the city of Queretaro, a region of central Mexico that until now had been spared from violence linked to organised crime.

That attack left 10 dead and seven wounded.

Federal Public Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch said on Sunday that the government of President Claudia Sheinbaum “is in coordination” with local authorities to clarify what happened in Tabasco.