Gunman attack family in minivan, kill 6 on Mexican road

Not to be confused with the other family shot and killed while traveling last week, that was as a reuslt of trying to run a police roadblock.

ACAPULCO, Mexico — 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.

Gunman attack family in minivan, kill 6 on Mexican road