Mexico searches for up to 17 in mass abduction

[Judi Lynn]

Mexico searches for up to 17 in mass abduction
By AFP 51 mins ago .

Mexican troops and police are searching for up to 17 people who were abducted by gunmen as the group headed to a wedding in the crime-plagued southern state of Guerrero.

A state security department official told AFP on condition of anonymity that 10 people were reported missing following Saturday's mass abduction in the municipality of Arcelia.

But Governor Hector Astudillo said the mayor of Arcelia reported that more people were taken away. "There is an important deployment to search for missing people and (the mayor) says there are 17 of them," Astudillo said.

State police had reported over the weekend that at least seven people were kidnapped by an armed group that intercepted a convoy of vehicles heading to the village of La Palma.

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[knitter4democracy]

1. Gee, when have we heard this before?

Same state, now more gone? What the heck?!?!