EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Authorities in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua say passers-by and a 2-year-old child are among the victims of attacks that left seven dead and another seven injured by gunfire last Sunday.

The shootings took place in the municipality of Guachochi, which is 500 miles south of El Paso and one of Chihuahua’s so-called magical towns frequented by tourists and marathoners.

“Some of the victims were riding vehicles or walking along the El Lobito and Turuseachi neighborhoods when they were struck by bullets from a confrontation between armed civilians,” the Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office said in a statement on Tuesday.

Unknown parties transported five males injured by gunshots to the IMSS clinic in Guachochi, where they later were pronounced dead. Au

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