Sonora authorities confirmed that the direct attack on a man outside a church in Caborca who died while traveling to receive medical attention was reported this Saturday.RR. HH
It’s a scene worthy of a Mexican soap opera. This weekend in the municipality of Caborca (Sonora) in northern Mexico, a church wedding ended in tragedy with the death of the groom. The 32-year-old man was shot dead by a victim as he left his religious wedding at the Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria Temple.
The images captured by spectators and guests of the wedding are bloody: the bride’s pompous dress is stained with blood, she herself is injured by the perpetrator’s attack, while several people try in vain to revive the newlyweds. Between the screams of those present and the families of the bride and groom, no one knew if it was a direct attack or even random shots by organized crime. That transfer videos Taking to social media, they show a heartbroken friend, Michelle Adriana, 23, crying out for her dying husband given the more than 20-minute delay before paramedics arrived at the scene.
According to local press reports, Marco Antonio Rosales Contreras, the newlywed, originally from Durango and residing in Guadalajara, Jalisco, died after receiving four direct shots in the church’s atrium as guests left them while the wedding march was playing.
Whether it is a direct attack or something else, no one knows. In a statement, the Sonora Attorney’s Office said it did not rule out any line of investigation, “including those cited in open sources on social media.” So far there is only one suspicious man who arrived at a hospital in the same community with a gunshot wound. The girlfriend, about whom little is known so far, is reported out of danger and taken to a city hospital.
For the residents of one of the largest states in Mexico, violence is already part of everyday life. Just a few days ago, the Mariano Silva primary school in the municipality of Empalme was terrorized by a hail of bullets during an armed clash in front of the school. “All down, all down, nothing happens,” the teacher was heard saying as she calmed down her students.
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