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Weekly Report - 14 September 2017 (WR-17-36)
MEXICO: Killing spree targeting police rocks Guanajuato
The murder of five police officers by a group of unidentified armed individuals in a public space during the middle of the night has shocked Mexico’s Guanajuato state. The central state is not considered to be one of the country’s most violent. But the incident has set off alarm bells about the growing presence in the state of criminal organisations that are seeking to exert their influence and intimidate the local authorities.
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