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Six migrants killed by Mexican soldiers during highway chase

Soldiers chasing suspicious vehicles on a highway in Mexico opened fire and killed six migrants. [AFP]

Soldiers chasing suspicious vehicles on a highway in Mexico opened fire and killed six migrants, the Defence Ministry said Wednesday.

The patrol found 33 migrants from countries including Egypt, Nepal, Cuba, India and Pakistan, it said, without specifying the nationalities of those killed in the incident late Tuesday in southern Chiapas state.

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