Mexico migrants killed on US border

Calcutta News.Net
Wednesday 25th August, 2010

Police in Mexico have found a migrant link in an incident in which 72 people were found murdered at a ranch in Tamaulipas state.

Government security agents have said the 58 men and 14 women who were murdered had come from South and Central America in an effort to reach the United States.

Their bodies were found on Tuesday, after a shoot-out between suspected drug traffickers and security forces.

A surviving member of the group told police they had all been kidnapped by an armed gang that had insisted they become drug mules.

Authorities only became involved when the surviving man managed to escape and alerted marines at a nearby checkpoint.

When they arrived at the ranch, the gang opened fire before escaping.

Tamaulipas state has been the scene of fierce fighting between the Zetas and Gulf cartels.

Migrants from South American countries, including Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras and Brazil are in great danger when they try to pass through Mexico to the US.

Common graves have been found in increasing numbers of states in Mexico.

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