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Mexico: 43 Killed in Shootout as Families Question Official Account

HeadlineMay 26, 2015

In Mexico, authorities are facing questions about what they claim was a shootout between accused cartel members and federal forces in the state of Michoacán. Authorities have said 42 criminal suspects and one federal police officer were killed in a firefight as the forces sought to reclaim a ranch occupied by the cartel. But some victims’ relatives question the account, telling the Associated Press their loved ones did not belong to a gang and had gone to the ranch for work. Relatives said one body was missing an eye, another had its teeth knocked inward, and a third was shot in the top of the head.

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