Dozens of minors killed in Mexico cartel infighting

MEXICO CITY: Dozens of minors have been killed during months of fighting between two factions of the Sinaloa drug cartel in northwestern Mexico, a local ombudsman said on Friday.

Nearly 100 minors have gone missing in violence that followed the capture last July of a cartel co-founder, Oscar Loza, president of the Sinaloa State Human Rights Commission, said. “Thirty nine minors have lost their lives in this armed conflict,” he told AFP, citing data from the public prosecutor´s office.

The victims include two girls, aged seven and 12, who died on Monday after being caught in the crossfire between gunmen and security forces. A 12-year-old boy was also wounded along with his parents and two other relatives, authorities said.