Kill in shootings in Mexican hamlet

mexico city - In a village near the Mexican resort of Acapulco eleven people died in shootings. According to the Mexican authorities, 30 people have been arrested.

The firefight first broke out between residents of the hamlet of La Concepcion and a self-proclaimed local police force. The reason would have been the behavior of a young man during local festivities. The local police wanted to arrest him, but he sought help from fellow villagers. In a subsequent firefight eight residents died.

Then soldiers and the state police arrived to put things in order. Three agents were killed during a shotswitch with the local police.