The worst occurred last night (November 4) in Culiacán, the state capital and a city of 675,000 people. About 8:15, a group of persons was playing volleyball in a neighborhood park. A convoy of vans and trucks pulled up, carrying multiple masked men armed with AK-47s and AR-15s. Those are military assault weapons. Many different models of the AR have been carried by generations of U.S. soldiers in combat theaters. The ubiquitous AK-47 is known by a nickname here, based upon its distinctive magazine: cuernos de chivo, or goat horns.
The gunmen opened fire without a word. Eight persons were mowed down and died instantly. Six others were seriously wounded. The hit men got back in their vehicles and drove away. As of this hour there are no arrests, no suspects, and no known motive.
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