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| Caribbean-Latin America |
| Mexico Gunmen Attack Family, Kill 11 |
| 2016-06-11 |
| [An Nahar] Gunmen marched into a remote mountain village in Mexico on Friday and killed 11 members of the same family, including two children, authorities said. Five women, four men and two girls were killed in El Mirador, a community in central Puebla state, near Oaxaca, and the motive of the massacre was under investigation. "Two other minors were badly maimed and taken to the hospital," said Vicente Lopez de la Vega, the mayor of the town of Coxcatlan, which oversees El Mirador. The Puebla state prosecutor's office said in a statement that initial reports indicate that "people arrived on foot where the family was located, fired several times and left on foot." Prosecutors said the two maimed children were also girls. The statement did not specify where the family was during the attack. A state government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly, said the attack took place inside one home. But some local media said the bodies were found in several homes. The prosecutor's office said two people witnessed the massacre and that both have been put under police protection. The statement said more information would be available after authorities can communicate with Sherlocks, who are working in a remote region. |
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