Acapulco, Mexico Six suspects arrested and accused of raping a group of Spanish tourists in a Mexican resort city have confessed, a top official said Wednesday.
Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam declared the case "resolved," although one suspect remains at large.
"There are already six
arrests, confessed, totally confessed the full story of what happened,
and we need only to arrest one more person identified in this process,"
he said. "The case is solved."
The allegations last week
grabbed headlines across Mexico and around the globe. Authorities said
hooded gunmen stormed into a beach bungalow in the Pacific port of
Acapulco and attacked a group of Spanish tourists, raping six women and
tying up a group of men with cell phone cables and bikini straps.
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Tourists raped in Acapulco
Investigators have not
yet determined whether the suspects arrested, one of whom is 16 years
old and thus a minor, are part of a gang, Murillo Karam said. They also
have not confirmed whether the suspects met the victims days before the
attack, something local authorities had alleged.
One suspect was arrested
Tuesday and five others were arrested Wednesday morning "after a very
serious investigation," he said. All six have confessed, he said.
Authorities in Acapulco
had announced the detention of several people over the weekend, but
those arrests had nothing to do with the case, Murillo Karam said
Wednesday.
The high-profile case in
the resort city last week was a sharp reminder of significant security
problems in a state that has seen violence surge even as homicide
numbers in other hot spots across Mexico have started to dip. It drew
renewed attention to topics that Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto
had steered out of the spotlight since he took office in December.
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