GUNMEN stormed a party in northern Mexico last night and massacred 17 people.
The gunmen arrived at the party in Torreon in several cars and opened fire without saying a word, the Coahuila state Attorney General’s Office said in a statement. At least 18 people were wounded.
Several of the victims were young and some were women, but their identities and ages had not yet been determined.
Investigators had no suspects or information on a possible motive.
Police found more than 120 bullet casings at the scene, most of them from .223 calibre weapons.
Coahuila is among several northern states that has seen a spike in drug-related violence that authorities attribute to a fight between the Gulf cartel and its former enforcers, known as the Zetas.
In May, gunmen killed eight people at a bar in Torreon. Later that month, a television station and the offices of a local newspaper came under fire.
Across northern Mexico, there have been increasing shootings at parties, bars and rehab clinics.
