Close icon
Two crossed lines that form an X . It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Migrants wait for bottles of drinking water by a makeshift encampment in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, October 28, 2019. Reuters
A dozen Mexican police officers, some of them members elite force, have been arrested in connection with a massacre in northeast Mexico in January.
The Special Operations Group is a SWAT-style unit formed in mid-2020 to carry out high-profile security operations against organized-crime groups.
A dozen police officers have been implicated in the massacre of 19 people along the US-Mexico border at the end of January, underscoring the systematic violence directed at those most vulnerable in areas where organized crime groups operate.
INM separó del cargo y denunció a 8 funcionarios por omisiones al asegurar camioneta localizada con 19 calcinados
infobae.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from infobae.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Policías regionales detenidos en México por masacre de migrantes
diariodigital.com.do - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from diariodigital.com.do Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
news
Mexican police detained over migrant killings © Getty Images Most of the victims are believed to be from Comitancillo, where relatives have been given DNA tests
Twelve police officers have been arrested in the northern Mexico for their alleged connection to the killing of a group of migrants last month.
The bodies of 19 people were found in a burnt-out vehicle near the US border in Tamaulipas state on 22 January.
Most of the victims are believed to have been Central American migrants.
Investigators think they were killed as part of a turf war between criminal gangs over control of migrant smuggling routes in the area.