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Puerto Escondido is a famous destination for surfers. Shutterstock/haak78

Drug probe after eight shark fishermen from the same family are massacred

Last week, the navy recovered 900 kg of cocaine floating off the coast.

GUNMEN BURST INTO a home and killed eight shark fishermen from the same family in Mexico’s Pacific beach resort of Puerto Escondido, authorities said today.

The armed group arrived in a vehicle last night, stormed the house and opened fire with high-caliber weapons in the southern state Oaxaca, officials said.

“Four men died at the scene and four more, also males, died in a hospital during treatment,” Joaquin Carrillo Ruiz, Oaxaca’s chief prosecutor, told AFP.

The victims were all fishermen who caught sharks, but the prosecutor’s office said in a statement that investigators were looking at whether they were involved in illicit activities.

It did not give more details about the investigation, but drugs are moved off the coasts of southern Mexico.

Last week, the navy recovered 900 kg of cocaine inside 33 packages that were floating off the coast of Chiapas state, south of Oaxaca.

Authorities had earlier confirmed seven fatalities but the eighth victim succumbed to his wounds today.

Puerto Escondido is a popular tourist destination and is beloved by surfers worldwide.

Oaxaca has been relatively spared of the drug violence afflicting other regions of Mexico.

It was the latest deadly attack against an entire family in Mexico.

Earlier this month, 11 members of one family were gunned down in Ciudad Victoria, capital of the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, and three others from another family were killed the same day.

Officials said the two incidents may have been linked to a dispute between rival gangs.

A week later, five relatives, including three children, were murdered by an armed group in Ciudad Victoria.

© – AFP 2016

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    Jul 19th 2016, 10:29 PM

    Coke by the ocean

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    Jul 19th 2016, 11:46 PM

    Morons in the journal comments

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    Jul 19th 2016, 11:55 PM

    Don’t be so hard on yourself….

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    Jul 20th 2016, 12:22 AM

    You’re right there Sean. Obviously a paid hit by the sharks. I’d start my investigation with the trigger fish.

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    Jul 20th 2016, 12:28 AM

    Of course, the cod would be suspects if they’d been battered. The dogfish were seen sniffing around too. Perhaps an-enemy.

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    Jul 20th 2016, 12:30 AM

    The scales of justice will prevail.

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    Jul 20th 2016, 10:22 AM

    It’s always nice to see appropriate, intelligent and extremely funny puns on The Journal. Some day someone might say the same about yours.

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    Jul 20th 2016, 11:42 AM

    Chill pill Mike. I’ve given you a green thumb to cheer you up.

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    Jul 19th 2016, 10:25 PM

    Sounds a bit fishy

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    Jul 19th 2016, 10:30 PM

    Pasniffic ocean

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    Jul 19th 2016, 11:50 PM

    Mexican oldbill used Cokemon Go to gather up the 900 key,ill get my coat sorry for wasting your time

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    Jul 19th 2016, 10:41 PM
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    Jul 20th 2016, 8:31 AM

    breitbart isn’t the sort of place to source reliable material

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    Jul 20th 2016, 12:29 AM

    ‘Je suis Mexican shark fisherman.’

    Oh wait, that’s not a flag.

    He suis le dumb ass!!

    Brian.

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    Jul 19th 2016, 10:30 PM

    It sounds like a red herring ,

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    Jul 20th 2016, 6:43 AM

    Something really fishy about this article.

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    Aug 19th 2016, 3:37 PM

    Ya would have a whale of a time with all the sea salt.

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