7 month old Marcos Miguel Pano Colón (left) was
shot dead by gang members alongside his parents last week. Horrific photos
showing the bodies of the baby boy and his parents slaughtered in Oaxaca,
Mexico, were released this week and it has sparked fierce debate about the
country's rampant gang violence and society's acceptance of it.
The boy was being carried by his 24-year-old
father, Juan Alberto Pano Ramos, and accompanied by his 17-year-old mother,
Alba Isabel Colón, when their attackers opened fire on them in the city of
Pinotepa Nacional on Friday evening.
Police have since arrested four people in
connection with the murders. The police said that Juan and Alba were targeted
by the gang for selling drugs. 'A rival drug gang from [the neighboring state
of] Guerrero located them and had them riddled with bullets,' a prosecutor
said.
Gonzáles 'El Isis' Gerónimo, a suspected drug trafficker
linked with the slain parents, was also killed in Oaxaca state the same day.
Gang violence is rife in some areas of Mexico. The
Trans-Border Institute at the University of San Diego, which analyses crime in
the country, says that from 2006-2012, the total number of homicides in the
country could have been as high as 125,000.
Source: UK Daily Mail
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