culiacan.- The businessman who was the victim of a attempt shot in a taco shop in the city of Mazatlanwhere three Canadian tourists were injured by shrapnel, breached safety protocols by leaving without their assigned escorts, authorities said.

Cristobal Castaneda Camarillostate public safety secretary, explained that the seriously injured person had escorts from the unit he leads, which he left and went to the company alone.

He said the businessman has engaged personal and business security, with no history of threats, for which he is cooperating with the state attorney general’s office in the investigation file that has been opened for this case, where there were three foreigners with gunshot wounds, injuries which are slight.

The State Attorney General, Sara Bruna Quinonez, He indicated that from the first investigations, we know that the attack was directed against the businessman, who remains under medical supervision and because of his state of health could not make his statement.

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According to investigations, last Wednesday evening, at the “La Brocheta” taco shop, located on Rafael Buelna Avenue, in the Lomas de Mazatlán district, a man entered the business and walked directly towards the businessman , shooting him repeatedly, then calmly retreats from the spot.

Due to the shrapnel produced by the shots, two adults over the age of 75 and a septuagenarian, all of Canadian nationality, were injured in the legs and hospitalized.

The judicial authority has established that the foreign visitors are in good health, under medical observation, while investigations continue to identify and arrest the perpetrator.

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