クリスマス前の伝統パーティー会場で銃撃、１２人死亡　メキシコ

【サルバティエラＡＦＰ＝時事】メキシコ中部グアナフアト州で１７日未明、クリスマス前に行われる伝統パーティーの会場が銃撃され、少なくとも１２人が死亡、１２人が負傷した。当局が明らかにした。（写真はメキシコ・サルバティエラで、１２人が殺害されたクリスマス前のパーティーが開催されていた大農園）
　事件が起きたのは、サルバティエラのイベントスペースとして貸し出されていた大農場（アシエンダ）。
　州検察はＸ（旧ツイッター）に「これまでに１２人の死亡が報告された」と投稿した。当局によると、このほか１２人が負傷し病院に搬送された。
　同地域で社会事業を行うティエラネグラ財団によると、伝統的にクリスマス前に行われる「ポサダ」のパーティーに参加していた若者が犠牲になった。
　匿名でＡＦＰの取材に応じたある参加者は、長銃を手にした６人ほどの男が会場に入って来ると、１００人近くいた若者の間を歩き回り始めたと語った。「招待客ではないと気付いた周囲の人が誰なのかと尋ねると、銃を撃ち始めた」と続けた。
　サルバティエラ町長はフェイスブックで事件を非難し、「検察に全面的に協力している」と述べた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/12/19-17:32）

At least 12 people were killed and another dozen were wounded in an attack early Sunday on a pre-Christmas party in central Mexico, authorities in the state of Guanajuato said.
The violence occurred in the town of Salvatierra, reportedly at a hacienda, or ranch, that can be rented out for festivities.
So far 12 people are reported dead, the state's prosecutor's office said on X, the former Twitter.
Twelve others who were wounded have been taken to hospital, according to authorities.
The Tierra Negra foundation, which promotes social projects in the area, said the victims were young people participating in posadas, religious gatherings that celebrate aspects of the story of Christmas.
A person who was at the party but asked not to be identified for security reasons told AFP that about six men with long guns entered the venue and began circulating among the 100 or so young people gathered at the event.
We realized they were not invited, and when they were asked who they were, they started shooting, he said.
The victims were all young acquaintances, admired and very good people. It's a horror what is happening in Salvatierra, Tierra Negra member Carlos Silva wrote on social media.
Three years ago, in the city of some 90,000, authorities discovered unmarked graves with at least 50 bodies.
Guanajuato is one of the most violent states in Mexico, due in large part to the presence and activity of criminal gangs -- including a pair of feuding drug cartels.
I condemn the unfortunate act of violence that occurred in the community of San Jose del Carmen this morning. We are thoroughly cooperating with the prosecutor's office, Salvatierra Mayor German Cervantes posted on Facebook.
In a separate incident late Saturday about 50 kilometers (31 miles) away from Salvatierra, four men were shot dead in the city of Salamanca, also in Guanajuato, when attackers on motorcycles arrived at a barber shop and opened fire, local officials said.
Similar attacks have been recorded in recent years in Guanajuato, which this year topped the list of states with the most homicides in Mexico, with 3,029 so far, according to official figures.