Five-year-old girl shot and killed by Mexican Army, according to family

Mexico's military and National Guard are increasingly taking over security in Mexico as the president moves towards the militarization of the country. However, those armed forces who are meant to protect the population are increasingly involved in kidnappings and killings of innocent people.

The same situation appears to have occurred on Wednesday night in Nuevo Laredo when a five-year-old girl was shot to death, in a somewhat confusing event involving several military patrols.

The girl's name was Heidi Mariana Pérez. As reported by her grandmother to local media, the girl . . .