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Police secure a perimeter around the location where at least eleven people, including a minor, were killed by gunmen who shot at them in the street in the municipality of Tonalá, in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, the local prosecutor's office said. The men were in two vans and opened fire on several people who were in the street outside their homes. IMAGES
Forensics and security forces work at the scene after a mayor was shot dead in Mexico, the latest politically related killing in the country plagued by violence and organized crime. Guillermo Torres, 39, and his 14-year-old son were attacked at a restaurant in Morelia, the capital of western Michoacan state, the prosecutor's office said in a statement. His son survived. IMAGES
Several state policemen are killed after suspected gang members ambush a police convoy in western Mexican state of Jalisco. Nathan Frandino reports.
Two policemen have been shot dead in Herat province, the latest violence in Afghanistan as Western forces pull out. Justin Mitchell reports.
Images outside the Naval Hospital in Guayaquil where former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas was hospitalized after refusing to eat in prison. Glas, who had been granted political asylum at the Mexican Embassy in Quito, was arrested by Ecuadorian police Friday over corruption charges in a raid on the embassy that sparked a wave of international criticism. IMAGES
Images of police deployed in front of the prosecutor's office in Quito, Ecuador, as former vice-president Jorge Glas awaits transfer to prison. Mexico says it has cut diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police stormed the country's embassy in Quito to arrest Glas who was taking refuge there. IMAGES