At least 12 dead in suspected attempt to rescue son of Mexican cartel hitman
Mexico City Reuters At least 12 suspected criminals were killed on a highway near Hermosillo in the northern Mexican state of Sonora, a state official said Sunday, in what authorities called a foiled attempt to rescue the son of a cartel hitman. Another seven escaped and some are probably wounded, the Sonora’s State Attorney’s office […]
Corpses, body parts strewn across Mexico’s Monterrey in spate of violence
Monterrey, Mexico Reuters Mutilated corpses and severed body parts were found dumped in seven locations across the metropolitan area of the Mexican city of Monterrey on Tuesday in a spate of violence that unnerved residents of Mexico’s industrial capital. Authorities said they are still analysing the dismembered body parts to try to identify how many […]
Priest killed in Mexico, threats force concert to cancel
Mexico City, MexicoAP A priest in western Mexico has been shot to death, the eighth killed under the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The church’s Catholic Multimedia Center identified the priest as Rev Juan Angulo Fonseca. The centre said Sunday that eight priests, including Angulo Fonseca, have been murdered during the current administration, […]