Nineteen people were killed when gunmen opened fire on a clandestine fight in Mexico. It was one of the worst shooting incidents in Mexico in recent years.
Sixteen men, and three women, were killed in Las Tinajas, a venue located in the western coast state of Michoacan. This is one of the most lawless regions in Mexico on Sunday.
As the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, a powerful criminal organization, fights local gangs to control drug routes, violence has been rising in the town.
By the time President Andres Manuel Obrador was elected in 2018, gang violence was causing record levels of crime. He pledged to reduce organised criminality using a less confrontational approach.
However, widespread troubles persist and the average annual murder rate is on track to surpass all records for any Mexican government since the beginning of modern records.
After receiving death threats from its inspectors, the United States temporarily stopped shipments of avocados to Michoacan last month.
Avocado growers in the state, the only Mexican one fully authorized to export to the US market, face extortion from drug cartel turf wars close to their farms.
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The Las Tinajas police are currently trying to determine who is responsible for the shootings. Although it is illegal in some areas of Mexico, cockfighting remains a popular pastime.
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