24 people found shot execution style in Mexico
Twenty-four corpses were found bound and shot execution-style in the Mexican city of Atlapulco on Friday, according to Humberto Benitez, secretary-general of government in the State of Mexico. A criminal investigation is now under way to determine if the killings were a result of organized crime, a news release from Mexico's attorney general said Friday.
Atlapulco is just south of Mexico City.
The killings come roughly two weeks after tens of thousands of Mexicans marched on the nation's capital calling for greater government action to prevent the wave of violent crime sweeping the country. Non-governmental groups estimate there have been more than 1,500 killings in Mexico this year linked to organized crime.
In late August, Mexican President Felipe Calderon met with the country's 32 governors to develop a plan to battle the nation's alarming rise in violent crime
Note to idiot CNN editor: nobody cares if 24 "corpses" are found shot in Mexico, except for the purely weird element. Why would somebody be going around shooting corpses?
Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-09-13 |