Overview

• The attack occurred just before midnight on August 18 during a celebration for the Virgen de San Juan de los Lagos in Colonia Infonavit Malanquín
• Two festival-goers were killed instantly and 17 others were wounded before paramedics rushed the injured to nearby hospitals
• Witnesses described a long-barreled firearm and offered conflicting accounts on whether there was one assailant or two
• Agents from the Guanajuato state prosecutor’s office and its specialized homicide unit secured the area to collect evidence and interview bystanders
• Governor Libia Dennise pledged that the crime will not go unpunished and municipal officials announced plans to bolster security patrols across the city