The Daily Telegraph

Mariachi gunmen kill five in Mexico City

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Men dressed as mariachi musicians shot dead five people and wounded eight more as crowds gathered for Mexico’s Independen­ce Day celebratio­ns.

The Mexico City prosecutor­s’ office said at least one foreigner was among those wounded in Friday night’s attack in Garibaldi Plaza, which local media said was staged by three gunmen.

La Silla Rota news outlet circulated surveillan­ce video of the alleged assailants wearing traditiona­l costume as they fled on motorcycle­s.

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