11 Executed At Child's Birthday Party

The events occurred in the early hours of Thursday, when masked men entered the residential development Villa Los Milagros, located in the neighborhood of El Refugio, and fired on people who were celebrating.

According to early reports, the attackers fired their weapons at seven men and four women, who lost their lives there.  Five children, aged between 2 and 16, were left unharmed.

According to information from the Ministry of the Public Security of Hidalgo, at 0900 hours on Thursday, help was requested from a 911 call, “Municipal police, the state security coordination, investigation police, and emergency service members arrived at the scene, locating 11 people dead inside the residence.”

Javier Ramiro Lara Salinas, the Hidalgo state attorney, confirmed that the killing of 11 people in Tizayuca was due to a “settling of accounts” against the couple living in the home.

In a press conference, the attorney of Hidalgo, said that the first indications show that an armed group appeared in the place of residence of the now deceased in order to kill them.

The couple identified as Rubén “N” and Cinthia “N” were celebrating the birthday of their youngest daughter, so friends and family were also there and some had also lost their lives.

The attorney general emphasized that Rubén “N” was held in the Barrientes Prison due to a conviction for kidnapping, possibly related to the attack.  There are already contacts with authorities in the State of Mexico to open an investigation.

After the events, experts in criminalistics of the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Hidalgo arrived at the scene where the multi-homicide was perpetrated-at #32 on Señor de los Milagros Street-in order to carry out the corresponding procedures and start the investigation.  Members of the secretariat of public security and attorney general’s office remained at the scene in order to protect the area.

Sources: El Sol De Mexico, Proceso