Events: Topics: On 27 March 2022, 20 people were killed in a mass shooting in Las Tinajas, Zinapécuaro, Michoacán, Mexico.

Several massacres have occurred there, including a mass shooting on 27 February 2022 in San José de Gracia.

[2] Rival gangs in the area are also involved in smuggling of gasoline and in illegal tapping of pipelines.

[1] During the evening of 27 March 2022, gunmen armed with machine guns and assault rifles[3] opened fire at an illegal cockfighting pit and shot dead 17 men and three women.

[3] The massacre was believed to be part of a conflict between the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and a local gang called the Familia Michoacana.