Two girls and a woman were killed in an armed attack in Santiago Ixtayutla, Oaxaca, the State Attorney General’s Office reported.
The bodies of the girls, aged 2 and 7, and the woman, 32, were found on Saturday in the el Huamuche population, Ixtayutla, and had gunshot wounds, authorities said in a statement.
There will be an exhaustive investigation into the murders of two girls and one woman, in #SantiagoIxtayutla, #Costa region: @RVasconcelosM @UNICEFMexico @SIPINNA_MX @SIPINNA_MX @sipinnaoax @DIF_NMX @FGRMexico @FGRMexico @alejandromurat @GobOax #NoBajaremosLaGuardia pic.twitter.com/fdoUTYZ5mI
— Attorney General’s Office (@FISCALIA_GobOax) January 26, 2020
Five other people injured by firearms fire, including two children aged 2 and 3 and three adults aged 21, 26 and 44, were also reported in the IMSS hospital in Jamiltepec.
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The Oaxaca Prosecutor’s Office said it activated the Protocol of Ministerial, Police and Expert Investigation of Femicide’s Crime and initiated the research folder 2908/FCOS/PINOTEPA/2020.
“Rigour will be taken with those who are against the integrity of children and women,” the Public Prosecutor’s Office said.
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