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Human rights official, son killed in northern Mexico
The Associated Press
NOVEMBER 21, 2017 02:16 PM
UPDATED 2 MINUTES AGO
MEXICO CITY Gunmen in Mexico have killed a human rights official and his son in the northern state of Baja California Sur in a dramatic attack that was condemned by federal officials Tuesday.
In a news conference, state officials said Silvestre de la Toba Camacho and his family were driving in an SUV in a busy part of the state capital of La Paz around 7 p.m. Monday when gunmen in another vehicle opened fire.
De la Toba Camacho, 47, and his son Fernando de la Toba Lucero, 20, died at the scene. De la Toba Camacho's wife and 17-year-old daughter were wounded and taken to a nearby hospital.
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Silvestre de la Toba Camacho