Three killed, seven wounded in shooting inside Club Viejo Oeste bar in Juárez

Three people were killed and seven others were wounded when gunmen burst into a Juárez bar and opened fire Sunday night.

The mass shooting occurred inside a bar named Club Viejo Oeste — which means "Old West" — located on José Borunda Street by Uruguay Street a few blocks from the famed home of the late superstar Juan Gabriel in central Juárez, according to local news reports.

Three men died in the bar and there were seven people wounded who were taken to various hospitals, the Chihuahua state attorney general's office said Monday. Initial reports had place the number of wounded at four or five.

Two parked cars with Texas plates were visible outside the bar. One of the car's is registered to an El Paso man, according to a license plate check.

The victims had not been identified. A potential motive for the attack has not been disclosed by authorities.

The bar attack was part of a violent weekend in Juárez with 20 homicides, including nine deaths Sunday and three bodies found inside torched cars Friday night, El Heraldo de Juárez reported. There have been 37 homicides already this year.

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There were about 1,400 homicides in Juárez in all of 2021, according to a news media tally.

The violence is believed to be linked to fighting between drug traffickers and street gangs for control of local drug markets, authorities have said.

Daniel Borunda may be reached at 915-546-6102; dborunda@elpasotimes.com; @BorundaDaniel on Twitter.

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