6 killed in latest "massacre" of family wiped out by hitmen in Mexico
It was the latest in a string of mass killings in which hitmen have wiped out entire families in Mexico.
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It was the latest in a string of mass killings in which hitmen have wiped out entire families in Mexico.
Leonard Darnell George allegedly used the money to buy cars and jewelry, and also spent lavishly at a strip club in Tijuana.
The murders occurred in an industrial city in the state of Guanajuato where drug cartels have been fighting bloody turf battles for years.
Two children and four women were killed and two men survived because they hid on the roof, officials said.
Esmeralda Garzon is the second female politician to be killed in Mexico since Claudia Sheinbaum was elected president.
Yolanda Sanchez Figueroa's murder comes after Claudia Sheinbaum's landslide victory injected hope for change in a country riven by gender-based violence.
Xavier Medina Vidal said it's wonderful that Mexico has its first female president, but he's cautiously optimistic until he sees policies.
Claudia Sheinbaum is viewed as less combative and more data-driven than current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Mexico's projected presidential winner, Claudia Sheinbaum, will become the first woman president in the country's 200-year history.
Climate scientist and former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum held an irreversible lead Sunday in the race that would make her Mexico's first female president, according to an official quick count.
Footage showed Alfredo Cabrera smiling and flanked by fans before he was shot several times. Officials said "the alleged assailant was killed at the scene."
Thirty candidates have been killed in Mexico this campaign season, according to the nongovernmental organization Data Civica.
A strong wind gust toppled the stage at a campaign rally for a longshot Mexican presidential candidate, killing at least nine and injuring dozens, officials said.
The once-glamorous resort city of Acapulco has lost its luster in the last decade as bloodshed has made it one of the world's most violent cities.
"If you see monkeys that are weak... please try to hoist a bucket of water by rope for them to drink," a wildlife preservation group said.
It was unclear whether Lucero López Maza was the intended target of the attack, because shootings have become so common in the area.
Information provided by the teenager allowed deputies to launch a search and locate her in minutes.
The bloodshed in Chiapas marks at least the fourth mass killing in Mexico in about a week.
The town's mayor, Rafael Vargas, called the attack "a terrible violent act."
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Tens of thousands of transborder students — some as young as kindergarteners — cross the border from Mexico into California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas to pursue an education in the United States.
Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their American friend have not been seen since April 27.
Media workers are regularly targeted in Mexico, often in direct reprisal for their work covering corruption and drug traffickers.
Shelby Park had reached a boiling point with unprecedented amounts of migrants who crossed the border illegally.
In video of the scene posted on social media, several shots can be heard and people are seen running and falling down.
