Hitmen kill six, including kids, in western Mexico

[Niels Bohr 72]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead six people, including children, in western Mexico in an execution-style massacre of the kind often carried out by drug gangs, Mexico media said on Thursday.

All the victims, apparently from the same family, were shot in the back of the head and found shrouded in blankets in a house near the town of Zapotlan el Grande, online newspapers said.

Two girls aged 7 and 8, and a 15-year-old boy were among the dead.

The state of Jalisco attorney general's office declined comment on the killings, which were similar to executions carried out by warring drug gangs.

Some 1,700 people have died in drug feuds in Mexico this year. Until recently, the traffickers rarely killed children but minors have increasingly become victims in recent months.

President Felipe Calderon has sent thousands of troops and federal police to crush the drug gangs since taking office in late 2006 but the violence has not eased.

(Reporting by Cyntia Barrera Diaz, Editing by Sandra Maler)

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I don't understand your subtitle:

All the more to get rid of illegals, esp. from Mexico

[Niels Bohr 72]

I don't understand your subtitle:

All the more to get rid of illegals, esp. from Mexico

I know you probably understand it. It was just a stereotype that I picked up from reading the drug wars and human trafficking in Mexico. Afterall, most illegals in the US travel through the US-Mexico borders.

If that didn't answer it then you can just completely ignore that.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

No, I really didn't understand it at first but I think I do now.

[Sassy1natl 0]

But if they were Mexicans, in Mexico City. They weren't illegal...right? Or am I confused?

[TexPamp 0]

If you read carfully, the crime occured in Mexico, not the USA.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

But if they were Mexicans, in Mexico City. They weren't illegal...right? Or am I confused?

I assume he means that these dead Mexicans can no longer illegally enter the US.

So in a sense, these drug cartels are ridding the US taxpayer of a future expense.

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

But if they were Mexicans, in Mexico City. They weren't illegal...right? Or am I confused?

[Sassy1natl 0]

But if they were Mexicans, in Mexico City. They weren't illegal...right? Or am I confused?

Trying to figure out the subtitle...double

[Amby 490]

consolemaster you crack me up once again. THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Teacher Mark 53]

Engineer humor going right over my head again.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Mine too.

[peejay 327]

All the more reason to build the fence and put US troops on the border to prevent this madness from spreading into the USA any more than it already has.

[almaty 19]

brother c'master...i needed a slide rule to try and figure out this thread..

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Drug smugglers smuggle drugs to American customers....Americans are bad people.