Horrific photos showing the bodies of a seven-month-old boy and his parents slaughtered in Oaxaca, Mexico, have sparked fierce debate about the country's rampant gang violence and society's acceptance of it.
They also likened the slain boy to Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian toddler whose photo made front pages the world over after his drowned body washed up on a Turkish beach.
The Mexican baby, identified as Marcos Miguel Pano Colón, was being carried by his 24-year-old father, Juan Alberto Pano Ramos, and accompanied by his 17-year-old mother, Alba Isabel Colón, when their attackers opened fire on the trio in the city of Pinotepa Nacional on Friday evening. All three died on the spot.
Photographs of their bodies soon began to circulate on Facebook and other social media sites, prompting users to ask why violence in the country had been allowed to spiral out of control.
Police had detained four people on Saturday in connection with the murders, which were gang-related, officials told CNN.
They said that Juan and Alba were targeted by the gang for selling drugs. 'A rival drug gang from [the neighboring state of] Guerrero located them and had them riddled with bullets,' a prosecutor said.
Gonzáles 'El Isis' Gerónimo, a suspected drug trafficker linked with the slain parents, was also killed in Oaxaca state the same day.
Gang violence is rife in some areas of Mexico. The Trans-Border Institute at the University of San Diego, which analyses crime in the country, says that from 2006-2012, the total number of homicides in the country could have been as high as 125,000.
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