Oaxaca, Mexico buries US teenager shot in the head by police

In grief and anger, hundreds of people bid farewell Thursday to a 16-year-old Mexican-American boy shot dead by local police in this town in southern Mexico.

Shouts and signs demanded “justice” and white balloons accompanied the casket of Alexander Martínez Gómez, who had spent years of his short life on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border and was said to be passionate about developing as a soccer player.

Authorities say a police officer shot him in the head with a shotgun Tuesday night in an incident still under . . .