NARCO BLOG: Slaughter in Mazatlan, Sinaloa- Seven Executed

Heavily armed gunmen traveling in 10 trucks and dressed in black, wearing hoods, arrived at the community of El Espinal, in El Habal, town of Mazatlan, Sinaloa. They forcibly took seven men from their homes and brutally executed them.

The incident occurred about 8:00 pm Monday night. In addition to the slaughter, the assailants also burned a house in the community. Neighbors were forced to take shelter under the bed, fearing the loud detonations of the entire firearm, and scared for their lives.

It was not until the gunmen had left the vicinity that authorities received distress calls. It was more than an hour after the violent events occurred before various police forces and the Mexican Army, appeared on the scene.

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