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| Authorities find 7 dead in Durango |
| 2011-11-10 |
| For a map, click here. For a map of Durango, click here The remains of seven individuals were found at a soccer field near Durango, Durango Tuesday, according to Mexican news accounts. The bodies were found in El Pino, which is a village about 20 kilometers from the state capital of Durango state. Reports say ages of the victims ranges from 16 to 40 years old. All had been tortured before being shot to death. So far five of the victims have been identified including Luis Alberto Gonzalez Valenzuela, Antonio Bustamante, his wife Cecilia Zuniga Vazquez, Franscio Bustamante Bustamante and Reyes Garcia Rios. The five identified had been kidnapped Monday night by armed suspects. Two other victims were identified as police officers in Durango city. Also, the office of the Durango state Fiscalia General de Estado, or attorney general's office reported Tuesday that the remains of at least one individual was found dead about eight kilometers from the village of Labor de Guadalupe in Durango municipality. The remains had been scattered in a five meter radius. Durango was the state where 260 dead were found in eight mass gravesites in and around Durango city between April and June 2011. Many of those victims were from murders committed since four years ago, and many have either not been identified or were not claimed by relatives. To read the Rantburg report on the Durango state mass grave, click here and follow the links. |
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