Gun violence once again mourns Mexico.

Six people including five teenagers aged 17 and 18 were killed in an armed attack in the center of the country, local authorities said on Tuesday.

The victims had already died when the police and paramedics arrived on the scene.

“I regret to inform you that six people have lost their lives,” said César Prieto, mayor of Salamanca, in the state of Guanajuato, where the attack took place Monday evening near a primary school.

An armed group shot at the high school students, as well as a 65-year-old bystander, according to the police report.

No reason was given Tuesday evening.

Two cartels clash

The state of Guanajuato is a hotspot for the oil industry in Mexico, as well as one of the most violent states.

There, the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel, which specializes in fuel theft, and the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel, one of the two most powerful criminal gangs in Mexico, face off.

At the end of May, eight women and three men were killed in gun attacks on two bars and a hotel in the town of Celaya, the state's third largest city.

Since December 2006, when the government launched a controversial military anti-drug operation, Mexico has recorded more than 340,000 murders, most attributed by authorities to clashes between criminal organizations.

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