translated from Spanish: Murdered eight indigenous and injure two in Guerrero

eight indigenous people, of the municipality of Acatepec, Guerrero, were killed and two more were injured after being attacked by gunmen on the road that connects the communities of Plan de Ayala and Barranca pineapple.    
Roberto Álvarez Heredia, spokesman of the State coordination for peace building in Guerrero, confirmed the fact and explained that the fatalities are 7 men and one woman.
The spokesman added that the Attorney General of the State of Guerrero initiated the investigation into the multiple killings and that the area of the attack arrived elements of the Secretariat of national defense (Sedena) and the Ministry of public security in Guerrero.
In a press release, Alvarez Heredia reported that one of the lines of investigation of the Prosecutor’s Office is a likely conflict between victims and aggressors on the domain of the water in the area, a situation that would have led to the killing.
Eyewitnesses told the speaker that at the time of the attack, the Indian me’phaa performed a ceremony of request of rain.
In the statement also reported that doing a review in the area of the attack, elements of the army found two plantations of poppy “median extension”.
According to the portal the South of Acapulcothe murdered indigenous are: Fernando de la Cruz Eulogia, 38; Rufino Victorian Licho, 46; José Sánchez Elidia, 59; Clemency Licho García, 18; Roberto Neri Garcia, 30; Gregorio de la Cruz Eulogia, 38; Gerardo Espinoza Garcia, 26, and Anselmo Sánchez Garcia, 34.
While the injured are Octavio Licho García, 22 years old, and Leobardo Espinoza Cirilo 51, both were transferred to Chilpancicngo are reported as serious.
 
With information from the South of Acapulco.
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Original source in Spanish