Dozens of partygoers in the northern Mexican border state of Sonora were just enjoying themselves at a party when three gunmen arrived and opened fire at them.
It is Posada or Christmas Party season in Mexico but the celebrations were interrupted after a group of armed men attacked one in Guanajuato state, leaving a dozen people dead.
A stray dog carrying a severed hand in its mouth led to the gruesome discovery of 53 bags of human remains in Mexico's Guanajuato state plagued by Mexican drug cartels.