Over the weekend the Mexican beach resort Town of Acapulco Guerrero turned into a war zone as convoys carrying cartel gunmen clashed with police and military forces. Mexican authorities have released minimal details in an attempt to downplay the violence, however, residents and tourists have taken to social media posting videos and photographs of the raging gun battle.
In one of the videos uploaded to YouTube.com, a young woman is heard screaming hysterically as gunshots go off all around her.
https://youtu.be/NKqVt_4hs_8
Another video shows the intensity of the gun battle in one of the city’s main avenues that is usually filled with tourists.
https://youtu.be/bF389u_ABI8
According to Mexico’s Proceso Magazine, the violence was due to two coordinated attacks at local hotels where Mexican Federal Police officers stay while stationed there. The attacks set off a series of chases and firefights across the city.
The latest episode in the war over trafficking routes and drug production territories comes as Guerrero’s Governor Hector Astudillo continues to minimize the chaos. Astudillo is the same Mexican politician that as Breitbart Texas reported, asked news outlets to stop publishing stories about cartel violence in his state because they are scaring away tourists. The clergy from Guerrero has also called for a government dialogue with drug lords in order to end the violence.