It’s unclear how the violence occurred, but civilians in southern Mexico took steps over the weekend to make sure the government listened to their complaints, surrounding a group of officers and leading them to the crime scene where two officers and three civilians were found dead.
The government of the southern state of Guerrero gave a confusing account of events on Sunday night. Guerrero has often witnessed clashes between drug gangs, police and local vigilante forces, but it is unclear who carried out the killings.
State prosecutors said that several dozen residents of the town captured 32 state police officers who responded on Sunday to the confrontation in the town of Tecpán and the neighboring community of Petatlán.
Residents complained about police abuse, saying state police “entered their homes with search warrants and beat up witnesses.”
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A rural Mexican confrontation resulted in the death of two police officers and three civilians over the weekend. He is not sure who was responsible for the murders.
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The residents then led the officials to a police patrol vehicle where the five bodies were found. It is not clear how the bodies got there.
A state official convinced local residents to release the state police and promised to investigate their complaints. Vigilante groups and police have persistently traded accusations of protecting drug gangs that are active in the region.
The towns are located near the Pacific coast, between the resorts of Acapulco and Zihuatanejo.
