Three teenagers are among eight people killed in Tijuana
Overnight violence left eight people dead in this Mexican border city, officials said Tuesday.
The state prosecutor’s office said three teenagers, including a 14-year-old girl, were gunned down in the street; a few blocks away, officials found the bullet-riddled body of a man. In another part of the city, gunmen opened fire on a car, killing two men.
Assailants attacked another car before dawn Tuesday, injuring a police officer and killing a relative. A few hours later, the body of a man was found near City Hall, his head covered with a plastic bag.
Officials blame warring cells of the Arellano-Felix drug-trafficking gang for the wave of violence.
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