Mexico City, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least 11 people were killed in a clash between an armed group and community residents in Texcaltitlan town in Mexico.
Eight of the dead were allegedly members of the armed group, and the other three were residents, authorities said in a statement.
The conflict was caused by a collection of "land rights," a common practice of extortion in Latin America, Xinhua news agency reported.
As per local media outlet Milenio, the shooting allegedly followed a failed negotiation, in which the criminal suspects sought to raise the amount they charged the residents.
Source: IANS
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz