Topic: Torreon

At least 41 killed as Mexico scrambles in drug war

AFP Global Edition - 222 days ago
Mexican authorities sent in an extra 1,800 police Saturday to fight the country's gruesome and deadly drug war, with at least 41 people slain over the weekend including 10 who were decapitated.Fully 1,800 federal agents were sent into ...

Peru Travel Guide, Vacation on Ayacucho, where to go

hubPage - 484 days ago
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Mexico: Prison guards let killers out, lent guns

AP News - 571 days ago
Mexican prosecutors say prison guards lent killers guns, let them out to carry out massacreGuards and officials at a prison in northern Mexico allegedly let inmates out, lent them guns and sent them off in official vehicles to carry out drug-related killings ...

Drug gang blamed for Mexico party massacre

AFP Global Edition - 577 days ago
A top prosecutor blamed a drug gang for a weekend birthday party massacre in northern Mexico and revised the toll back down to 17, after one victim had been counted twice.Gunmen on Sunday fired more than 200 bullets indiscriminately at a ...

17 gunned down in Mexico fiesta slaughter

AFP Global Edition - 578 days ago
To cries of "Kill them all!" gunmen opened fire at a weekend birthday party in Torreon, mowing down at least 17 people in another attack that laid bare the brutality of Mexico's long-running drug war.A dozen people were also wounded ...

Officials say gunmen kill 17 at party in Mexico

AP News - 578 days ago
Officials: Gunmen open fire at party of young people in northern Mexico, killing 17Gunmen stormed a party in northern Mexico on Sunday and massacred 17 people, authorities said.The assailants arrived at the gathering in the city of Torreon in several cars ...

Drug hitmen kill 17 at party in Mexico

Reuters US Online Report World News - 579 days ago
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen stormed a private party and killed 17 people in the northern Mexican city of Torreon on Sunday in one of the deadliest attacks in Mexico's drug war, police said.Gunmen in five SUVs drove up ...