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4 Die, 25 Injured in Attack at Cockfight

The World | IN BRIEF / MEXICO

August 02, 2005|From Times Wire Reports

Assailants threw grenades into a crowded cockfighting ring at a racetrack in Tonala in western Mexico, killing four people and wounding 25, investigators said.

The explosions tossed chairs and sent onlookers fleeing from the scene, which was splattered with blood.


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Federal and state authorities were investigating and searching for two attackers.

At a news conference in Guadalajara, the state attorney general refused to comment on reports that the attack had targeted Mexico's Milenio drug cartel.

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