12 Mexican Off-Duty Federal Agents Slain

By GUSTAVO RUIZ, Associated Press Writer

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexico’s national security spokesman says the 12 people tortured, slain and dumped along a mountain road were off-duty federal agents.

Monte Alejandro Rubido says the 11 men and one woman were ambushed in drug-plagued Michoacan state. Their bodies were found piled up along a mountain highway late Monday.

Michoacan state prosecutor J. Jesus Montejano initially said Tuesday that they were soldiers, but the army denied that.

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