Another Bar Shot Up in Uriangato, Guanajuato

By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat 

Gunmen attacked a bar in Uriangato, Guanajuato on Sunday night, injuring one. There were 29 attacks on bars in the state of Guanajuato in 2024, with the pace remaining consistent in the first months of 2025.

The attack was reported at 8:24 PM on August 10 in the neighborhood of Emiliano, Zapata, in Uriangato, Guanajuato.

 

CCTV video from outside the bar show three men with rifles arrive in a white pickup truck, open fire through the doorway, and flee in the truck 30 seconds later.

The casualty accounts differ widely. Some news sources reported that eight people were killed in the shooting, but a government press release rejected this, saying only one person was injured with non-fatal wounds.

 

Bar attacks are one of the unique hallmarks of criminal conflict in Guanajuato. There were 29 attacks on bars in the state of Guanajuato in 2024, with the pace remaining consistent in the first months of 2025.

 

The targeted attacks are representative of the style of violence employed by Guanajuato's criminal groups, who typically attack each others urban street dealers and businesses rather than engage in street shootouts or fights in the countryside.

 

Sources: La Jornada, Informador, Periodico Correo, Uriangato Municipal Press Release