What happened in Xochimilco? At least 2 dead reported in shooting

2024-04-29 21:03:03

On the night of Thursday, April 25, a shooting in the town of Santa Cruz Acalpixca, in Xochimilco; due to the flurry of gunshots, reports 2 people dead and one injured serious.

The event occurs in the midst of a climate of violence in Xochimilco, designated as the second most unsafe mayor’s office in Mexico City (CDMX), according to the INEGI Urban Public Security survey.

Likewise, the incident in Xochimilco adds to the crimes reported throughout Mexico, where 5 states are identified as the most dangerous in the countryaccording to the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP).

Shooting in Xochimilco leaves two dead and one injured

On the night of Thursday the 25th, a shooting in the Civic Plaza of Santa Cruz Acalpixca, in Xochimilco, where three men were victims of armed individuals traveling on a motorcycle.

Preliminary reports indicate that the victims were in the flower beds in the Plaza Cívica, located on Carrillo Puerto and 20 de Noviembre, in Santa Cruz Acapilxca, Xochimilco.

Their The attackers shot at him and then fled.leaving them lying in the vicinity of the square, according to witnesses of the event reported to the CDMX authorities.

After the report of the shooting, capital security elements arrived at the Xochimilco plaza, in addition to ambulances from the Rescue and Medical Emergency Squadron (ERUM).

Paramedics assessed the 3 victims of the shootingpointing out that two of them no longer had vital signs, while the third was seriously injured, so he was transferred to the Xoco Hospital.

The fatal victims of the shooting in Xochimilco were between 30 and 40 years old, according to capital authorities; Photos of the crime circulate on social networks.

The Civic Plaza was cordoned off so that experts could carry out preliminary investigations and transport the bodies of the fatal victims to the amphitheater.

Xochimilco is the second most unsafe mayor’s office in CDMX

According to the National Urban Public Safety Survey (IN ITS) carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), Xochimilco is the second most unsafe mayor’s office in CDMX.

And of the citizens over 18 years of age surveyed during the month of March, the 67% reported feeling unsafe in Xochimilco, that is, 5% more than in December 2023.

So Xochimilco is among the most unsafe municipalities, only below:

And above:

• Álvaro Obregón, with 65.5%
• Gustavo A. Madero with 64.9%
• Tláhuac, with 63.4%
• Iztacalco, with 62%
• La Magdalena Contreras, with 59.4%
• Tlalpan, with 58.5%
• Venustiano Carranza, with 53.5%
• Cuauhtémoc with 51.7 percent
• Coyoacán with 47.8%
• Milpa Alta, with 46.6%
• Miguel Hidalgo, with 32.3%
• Cuajimalpa de Morelos, with 22.5%
• Benito Juárez, with 11.1%

Most unsafe municipalities in CDMX (ESPECIAL)

2024-04-29 21:03:03