16 killed in Christmas-season shootings in central Mexico

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Guanajuato, prosecutors said.State prosecutors also reported that four other people died in a shooting in the city of Salamanca, but did not
describe the circumstances of that attack.Local media said the victims in Salvatierra were leaving an event hall following a Christmas party
gangs backed by the Sinaloa cartel
The state has long had the highest number of homicides in Mexico.Meanwhile, in the Caribbean coast resort of Tulum, three men were shot to
death and four people were wounded in an attack at a bar Sunday, authorities said.Quintana Roo state prosecutors said a preliminary
while eating at a restaurant
They apparently were caught in the crossfire of a gunfight between rival drug dealers.Early this year, the U.S
Caribbean beach resorts like Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum.Source: The Associated Press--Agencies