REUTERS/Alejandro AcostaMEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Five young Mexicans killed last month by gang members with ties to local police were murdered after being mistaken for a rival cartel, a top security official said Tuesday, another possible case of corrupt law enforcement in league with organized crime.
The individuals were killed in a particularly violent zone of Veracruz state known as Tierra Blanca, their remains dumped into a local river, deputy interior minister Roberto Campa said in an interview with broadcaster Televisa.
“(The five young people) were burnt and then afterwards their remains were pulverized, certainly at a sugar mill, and they were …read more
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