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Mexico's second largest city is reeling after gunmen invaded a crowded nightclub there around 4 a.m. Saturday, spraying customers and tossing a grenade into the crowd, killing six and wounding at least 37.
Witnesses say gunmen arrived at the Butter Club, in the popular bar and restaurant district, exiting from a Jeep Cherokee and 2 taxis, opened-up fire and ended the assault by tossing a grenade in the club's entrance.
A Venezuelan and a Colombian were among the dead.
ALSO: From the WSJ, By D. Luhnow, J.de Cordoba/
Another recap on the growing fight among the narcos for Acapulco's port as a drug shipment hub. Last year, more than 400 people died there as the violence scares away visitors and discos sit half empty.
Acapulco's acting mayor says the city tolerated drug capos for too long, welcoming their money. "We let this problem grow from small amounts of drugs sold in the discos to a big enough business today that people are killing each other over it."
Some contend that the most powerful narco, the elusive Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, wants to control it. And sadly many even want him to succeed and impose a narco version of the Pax Romana.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704709304576124302909277280.html
