14-07-2009, 08:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 14-07-2009, 08:16 PM by Tosh Plumlee.)
Mexico-Drug War, 0127 July 14,09
URGENT Release, Mexico AP
Mexico identifies 12 slain as military officials
Eds: APNewsNow.
MORELIA, Mexico (AP) - A state prosecutor says officials have
identified 12 people who were tortured, killed and dumped along a
mountain highway as military intelligence officials.
Interim Michoacan state prosecutor J. Jesus Montejano says the
case has been handed over to the federal attorney general's office.
The bound, blindfolded and tortured bodies of the 11 men and one
woman were found late Monday near the town of La Huacana. Such
killings in the past have been blamed on drug gangs.
Initial reports indicated the 12 were likely killed a day
earlier.
The massacre is one of the heaviest blows to federal forces in
President Felipe Calderon's war on drug gangs. Since Calderon took
office, more than 11,000 people have been killed by drug violence.
URGENT Release, Mexico AP
Mexico identifies 12 slain as military officials
Eds: APNewsNow.
MORELIA, Mexico (AP) - A state prosecutor says officials have
identified 12 people who were tortured, killed and dumped along a
mountain highway as military intelligence officials.
Interim Michoacan state prosecutor J. Jesus Montejano says the
case has been handed over to the federal attorney general's office.
The bound, blindfolded and tortured bodies of the 11 men and one
woman were found late Monday near the town of La Huacana. Such
killings in the past have been blamed on drug gangs.
Initial reports indicated the 12 were likely killed a day
earlier.
The massacre is one of the heaviest blows to federal forces in
President Felipe Calderon's war on drug gangs. Since Calderon took
office, more than 11,000 people have been killed by drug violence.