Overview
- Armed men in three pickup trucks attacked La Kabala Sport Bar and Karaoke and Anubi’s Discoclub in Villaflores around 3 a.m. on December 27, firing weapons and setting fires.
- Authorities now count eight abducted, and the body of bar owner Sergio Enrique Pereda Tamayo was found in a vehicle with a fatal gunshot wound that caused acute hemorrhage.
- More than 500 personnel from the Army, National Guard, Navy, state forces and federal investigators are conducting searches across Villaflores and neighboring municipalities with helicopters and a drone.
- Seven suspects have been detained and authorities seized two handguns, a long gun and seven vehicles, including three trucks cloned to resemble Army patrols, plus an armored vehicle and a motorcycle.
- Three women with burn injuries were transferred to Tuxtla and are in stable condition, one bound man was rescued and reunited with family, and searches continue for the remaining missing individuals.