Juárez massacre: Football players, honor student among 16 victims
They were described as good kids, students and athletes. Some played American-style football — not the typical targets in a drug war.
The massacre of Jurez high school and college students on Saturday created a shock wave that continues to rumble across a city numbed by years of brutal and unstoppable violence.
Two more victims died at a hospital, officials said Monday, raising the death toll to 16, with 12 others still hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Four remain in critical condition.
On Monday, officials said investigators were questioning a suspect and added that the massacre may be linked to a November shooting in which an El Pasoan was killed.
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More than 4,400 people have been killed in Jurez since a war between the Jurez and Sinaloa drug cartels began in January 2008. The violence and another mass shooting continued Monday.
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