Five murdered youth in Mexico confused for cartel members
Wed Mar 2, 2016 3:35am GMT
Five murdered youth in Mexico confused for cartel members
MEXICO CITY
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 organised 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.
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The five young people) were burnt and then afterwards their remains were pulverized, certainly at a sugar mill, and they were then dumped into a small river," said Campa.
He said the confession from a state police officer provided confirmation of the killings.
More:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mexico-violence-idUKKCN0W408H?rpc=401
LBN:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=thread&address=10141365610&info=1#recs
(If you doubt this area is unimaginably violent, look at the image page in google for Tierra Blanca, Vera Cruz:
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1285&bih=547&q=tierra+blanca+veracruz&oq=Tierra+Blanca+&gs_l=img.1.0.0l10.554.1245.0.4175.2.2.0.0.0.0.128.252.0j2.2.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.2.246.5xwH9HtRS9Q
GRAPHIC. Unimaginable harsh for the citizens who were born there and have nowhere else to go.)
