Six Members Of Family Murdered In Violent Mexican State

Four men and two women aged between 24 and 73 were found in a building with visible gunshot wounds, the state public prosecutor's office said, refuting earlier reports that a baby was amongst the dead.

Six members of a family were murdered in a rural community in Mexico's Guanajuato state, one of the most violent in the country, local authorities said Sunday.

Four men and two women aged between 24 and 73 were found in a building with visible gunshot wounds, the state public prosecutor's office said, refuting earlier reports that a baby was amongst the dead.

The attack took place on Saturday night.

It was the fifth attack in the rural municipality of Silao in the last four months, the prosecutor's office said.