7 football fans shot dead in Mexico

MONTERREY, Mexico: At least seven people watching a football match have been shot dead in Mexico, sources said Saturday, adding to the country’s murder toll which last year hit a two-decade high.The latest killings — after more than 25,000 last year — happened in Monterrey, an industrial hub in the country’s northeast. At least four hooded gunmen entered a home in the city and threatened about 20 people watching the football, a source at the local prosecutor’s office told AFP. Some were herded to a bathroom where they were gunned down, the source said, citing witnesses. Like much of Mexico, Monterrey has been afflicted by drug violence in recent years. In 2006 the government launched a controversial military anti-drug operation which critics say has only led to more murders and attacks.