Ambush in Mexico Leaves 24 Dead
At least 24 people were massacred in an ambush linked to a possible clan feud in a remote mountain area north of this Pacific coast resort, police said Wednesday.
About 50 gunmen opened fire on two trucks carrying 40 family members who were going to a funeral late Tuesday near the village of Huahuautla, authorities said.
Police said a drug-trafficking dispute or a fight over land rights between two families may have been behind the massacre.
Some of the bodies had as many as 30 bullet wounds, and some victims were finished off with shots to the head, officials said. Hundreds of high-powered bullet casings were found in the area.
The survivors apparently fled, but police were unable to find them. The mountainous area outside Acapulco is one of Mexico’s leading marijuana-producing regions.
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