A police truck in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. File photoMEXICO, Jul 4Seven people, including a woman and a child, were killed in the town of Boca del Rio in the Mexican state of Veracruz, local prosecutors said. three women and four men, including a minor, which occurred around 11:45 p.m. on Sunday, July 3,» the ministry's press service blog post said on Twitter. Local media, citing residents of the municipality of Boca del Rio, clarify that members of one family who owned butcher shops here were killed. The number of intentional homicides in Mexico has slightly decreased in recent years, according to the government, 10,838 such crimes were recorded in 5 months of 2022. More than 65% of them are in nine states — Guanajuato, Michoacán, Jalisco, Chihuahua, Mexico City and State, Morelos, Nuevo Leon and Sonora. » />Tourists killed in the Mexican resort of Playa del Carmen
