En l'atac del 26 de setembre també van perdre la vida tres joves estudiants, un jugador de futbol –que anava amb un altre autobús també atacat—, el conductor del bus i una dona adulta que anava amb un taxi.
The name United Warriors plays off the name of the state, Guerrero, which means warrior in Spanish. The students, who were taking part in a protest against job discrimination against teachers from rural areas, were traveling in a bus when they were ambushed by police. Three of the students were killed at the scene, as well as a football player who was in another unrelated bus, a bus driver and a woman who was in a taxi.