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Gunmen Kill 2 Children, Woman in Mexican Resort City

   VOA News  March 16, 2011
   Mexican  army  soldiers  stand  outside  a home where gunmen killed an
   elderly  woman and two of her grandchildren in the Pacific resort city
   of Acapulco, March 15, 2011

Photo: AP

   Mexican  army  soldiers  stand  outside  a home where gunmen killed an
   elderly  woman and two of her grandchildren in the Pacific resort city
   of Acapulco, March 15, 2011

   Mexican  officials say a convoy of gunmen chasing a rival killed three
   people,  including two young children, after opening fire on a home in
   the resort city of Acapulco.
   Officials in Guerrero state say the gunmen began shooting at the house
   Tuesday after the man they were pursuing attempted to hide in it.
   A  60-year-old  woman was killed along with two children, ages six and
   two. A 23-year-old woman was wounded in the shooting.
   It was not clear what happened to the man being chased.
   In another attack in Acapulco, a 15-year-old boy was killed along with
   two other men.
   More  than  34,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence in
   Mexico  since  President Felipe Calderon launched a military crackdown
   on drug cartels in 2006.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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