Attack on off-road vehicle event in Mexico leaves at least 10 dead
Some authorities attributed the bloodshed to a fight between organized crime groups, but no group has claimed responsibility.
The attack occurred after 2 p.m. Saturday in the town of San Vicente, near the coastal city of Ensenada. A late-model SUV pulled up to an area where vehicles had gathered for the two-day “Cachanillazo” meetup ride and road show event, according to a report from the local public security office. Assailants with heavy weapons jumped out and began shooting into the parked vehicles, the statement said.
“The Cachanillazo family unites around this unfortunate tragedy,” the event organizers said in a statement on social media. “What happened during the course of the tour was not in our hands. From the bottom of our hearts, we are sorry for the those lost and their families. … We are as baffled as all of you since we have nothing to do with what happened.”
The state attorney general, Ricardo Ivan Carpio, said in a statement that authorities had found a black Infinity Qx60 SUV with several bullet holes, which was believed to be the vehicle used by the attackers. “We’ve determined that this incident was a clash between presumed criminals who engaged in a shootout,” the statement said, according to the daily Reforma. The attackers managed to escape, and security forces were searching for them on Sunday, local reports said.
The Baja California attorney general’s office and the race organizers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
In the first week of June, Nevada-based off-road racing organization Score International is set to hold the Baja 500 racing event in Ensenada. At last year’s event, more than 150 racers from different states completed the track with times ranging from about nine to 19 hours.
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