Overview
- Attackers arrived in three pickup trucks around 3 a.m., set fire to La Kábala Sport Bar and Anubis’s Discoclub, burned three nearby vehicles, and fired shots.
- Seven men remain unaccounted for, including bar owners Sergio Enrique Pereda Tamayo and José Armando Coutiño Ruiz, with official search notices issued.
- Three women suffered burn injuries and are receiving medical care in stable condition, and authorities have not reported any deaths.
- More than 200 personnel with helicopter support from state and federal forces are conducting search and security operations in Villaflores and surrounding municipalities.
- State investigators cite a dispute over local drug sales as the likely motive, and report ongoing forensic work, intelligence gathering, and some detentions with weapons seized.