03 Feb 2021 / 12:50 H.
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By Laura Gottesdiener
MONTERREY, Mexico Feb 2 (Reuters) - Mexican officials have arrested a dozen police officers for suspected involvement in the massacre of 19 people in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas last month, state prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Irving Barrios, attorney general of Tamaulipas, told a news conference investigations showed at least 12 state police were likely involved in the killings in the municipality of Camargo.
A spokesman for state police confirmed the arrests, but declined to comment further, pointing Reuters to the statement made by Barrios.
Authorities have so far identified two Guatemalan migrants among the 19, whose bodies were found badly charred in a bullet-riddled, burnt-out vehicle.