Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Relatives Doubt Police Version of Weekend Shootout in Michoacan

One body was missing an eye and had bruises on its face. Another had its teeth knocked inward. One had a gunshot in the top of the head.

Relatives of some of the people killed in what authorities say was a shootout with drug cartel gunmen in Michoacan state told The Associated Press on Sunday that after seeing the remains of their loved ones they don't believe the official version of events.

Mexican officials say 42 gang members and one police officer died Friday in a three-hour gunbattle on a ranch in the drug-plagued state, the deadliest . . .

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