Executions, burned testicles - apparent massacre stains Mexican police


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  • Sunday, 21 Aug 2016

Police tape is seen at the entrance of a ranch where a firefight of armed civilians with federal forces took place on May 22, 2015, at a ranch in Tanhuato, state of Michoacan, Mexico, June 28, 2016. REUTERS/Frank Jack Daniel

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Discrepancies plague the official account of a deadly assault last year in which Mexican police allegedly executed 22 suspected gang members, burned bodies, manipulated the crime scene and tortured survivors, newly-revealed details show.

In May 2015, a woman walked into a police station in the western Mexican city of Guadalajara and told investigators a group of about 50 men had broken into a local ranch she administered and said they wanted to buy the property.

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