The nineteen people have perished in a shootouts In Tamaulipas over the last few days. They have been during battles between the law officials and the assailants.
Now on Tuesday, 13 more people were massacred by the assailants.
They went to a private home where they murdered the owner, and 7 additional people. 3 of the dead are sons of the owner.
The assailants then left the ranch. They ran into some police officers who tried to stop them and killed 5 more officers.
The state of Oaxaca runs along the Pacific Ocean coastline, it is believed to be a corridor for drugs to travel through.
Even with all this violence in the southern border states, it still hasn’t heightened to the levels of violence in the northern border states of Mexico.
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