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
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No doubt this will be held up as another example of "gun violence".
Let Bollywood have fun with that incident instead:
Weekend At Chapito's.
A great outcome is still a good outcome, even if it was the result of incompetence.
We have another example of sincere sorrow.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7f8BBTbWSzk
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