4 Policemen, 7 Others Slain in South Mexico
Eleven people, including four police officers, were slain over the weekend in southern Mexico, the latest in a string of killings ahead of next week’s presidential election, officials said Sunday.
Kidnappers killed four policemen in Guerrero state, gagging and shooting three and beheading the fourth.
Local police said the four were kidnapped last week in a remote part of Guerrero, home to the Pacific resort of Acapulco, which has become a key front in a battle between drug traffickers and the government.
A police spokesman said a drug gang was thought to be behind the killings.
Also in Guerrero, a businessman and a former police officer were found shot to death in Acapulco and four other bodies were left in plastic bags in Pie de la Cuesta, a beach town on Acapulco’s outskirts.
Another shooting victim was discovered bound and wrapped in a black plastic bag in a nearby town, police said.
Drug violence and attacks on police have risen before Mexico’s hotly contested July 2 election.
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