An army officer and seven soldiers were detained in connection with the killing of 22 people in rural southern Mexico, authorities announced late Thursday.
The Mexican Defense Department said in a statement that the eight were involved in the incident in San Pedro Limon. They were being held at a prison in Mexico City on charges of crimes against military discipline, disobedience and breach of duty.
The statement said the military charges are "independent of the investigations that civil authorities are carrying out."
Recent reforms require that military offences against civilians be tried in civilian courts, but nothing appears to . . .
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