Abductors inject acid to kill boy
Kidnappers grabbed a 5-year-old boy from a gritty Mexico City street market, then killed him by injecting acid into his heart, officials said. Javier Morena was the oldest son of a poor family that sold fruit in the Iztapalapa neighborhood.
Javier went missing Oct. 26, Mexico City authorities said.
A 17-year-old family friend and four other suspects have been arrested. Police raided the youth’s home. Mexico City Atty. Gen. Miguel Mancera said in a statement that Javier was killed before the kidnappers could ask for a $23,000 ransom. Mancera said the assailants buried the boy on a hill outside the capital.
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