This Monday morning, authorities and citizens of San Luis Potosi reported a shooting outside the prison The battery.

Through videos and images shared on social networksusers specified that the shooting started at 5:00 a.m.

According to testimonies, an armed group attacked the prison facilities and fired on two towers; Additionally, the presence of “tire puncture” items that have affected various automobiles and cargo units has been detailed.

🚨Update🚨
Officers of the #SSPCSLP In exchange for tires, they take care of 5 cars affected by the ponchallanta on street 57 in front of La Pila prison this Monday morning.

The traffic police maintain routes to remove objects in the road area. pic.twitter.com/1MuDQHLhk9

— Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection SLP (@SSPCSLP) June 20, 2022

no injuries

In a media interview, the security spokesperson, Michael Gallegosdetailed as no injuries for the shoot which was recorded on the highway 57.

“The detonations were probably made by a criminal group, there is already a presence of the National Guard, elements of the Army and the municipal police,” he said.

Gallegos said the investigation into the prison shooting is ongoing, so it is not yet possible to confirm whether it was an attack on state government buildings.

“There was talk of an alleged movement inside La Pila but it is negative, the order and the government that exists in the prison are controlled without major problems, there was no risk for the near of 2,000 PPL (Population Deprived of Liberty) who were there are isolated,” the spokesman said.

Gallegos said that to date, 13 vehicles have been hit by devices that have punctured their tires. He added that, although there have been no arrests as such so far, it is not excluded that there will be results in the next few hours.

Insecurity in Saint Louis

According to figures from the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP), in 2021, San Luis Potosí recorded 740 investigation files for the crime of intentional homicide, 4 thousand 670 for injuries and 24 for femicide.

Until May of this yearthe entity records 296 investigation files for intentional homicide, 1,917 for injuries and five for femicide.

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