I guess this incident counts as the criminal equivalent of an "own goal".
Blundering drug cartel hitmen have reportedly murdered their own boss in a shocking case of mistaken identity.
The shootout took place at a private health clinic in Culiacán, Mexico, last Thursday night (September 28).
Sinaloa Cartel gunmen loyal to Los Chapitos - the sons of infamous drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán - are thought to have been at the hospital guarding another man who was receiving treatment.
A gunfight broke out when another armed man showed up. According to El Blog del Narco, that man was the elusive "El 22" - thought to have been the gangster responsible for running the cartel's operations in Guamúchil, Sinaloa.
"That's the bad thing about not knowing the boss," a source said. It is thought that El 22 was visiting the clinic in order to pay for the wounded man's surgery. The gunmen assumed he was a rival hitman coming to finish the injured man off.
There's more at the link.
Peter
No doubt this will be held up as another example of "gun violence".
ReplyDeleteLet Bollywood have fun with that incident instead:
ReplyDeleteWeekend At Chapito's.
A great outcome is still a good outcome, even if it was the result of incompetence.
ReplyDeleteWe have another example of sincere sorrow.
ReplyDeletehttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7f8BBTbWSzk