Gunmen Attack Family in Minivan; 6 Dead*

Monday May 28, 2007 2:16 AM

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) - Assailants armed with Kalashnikov rifles shot
dead six family members, including three children, as they ambushed a
minivan Sunday on a country road in southern Mexico, officials said.

The family was heading home to Mexico City after going to a party in
Iguala, about 250 kilometers (155 miles) south of the Mexican capital,
said Eduardo Murueta, attorney general of Guerrero state. The assailants
attacked the family's Voyager minivan and fled.

Three relatives who survived the attack were treated for injuries at a
hospital in Iguala and listed in stable condition, Murueta said.

He said the attack may have been related to a personal dispute or
connected to drug trafficking.

Drug-related violence has killed more than 1,000 people across Mexico
this year.