[2][3] In the early hours of August 8 2019, police responded to an emergency call, where they found seven dismembered bodies on Industrial Boulevard, a few steps from the Petróleos de México pedestrian bridge.
[4] Minutes later, authorities located another six bodies elsewhere on Industrial Boulevard, at the intersection with Libramiento Oriente, in the La Cofradía neighborhood.
[8][9] Months later, an ambush carried out in a wooded area of the municipality, among members of criminal organizations, left ten dead and three injured, setting off the alarms of the state authorities.
[10][11] In the hours following the massacre, authorities identified the victims as including a law intern, a merchant, a musician, a waiter, a housewife, and a locksmith.
[4][14] In his morning conference, the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, mourned the loss of life, mentioning that he will continue his current crime-fighting strategy.