Egyptian military attack leaves eight Mexican tourists dead, six injured
The Egyptian military bombed the tourists as they were having a picnic in the desert.
Eight Mexican tourists were killed and six more injured when Egyptian armed forces bombed their tour group after mistaking them for terrorist insurgents on Sunday.
The governments of both countries confirmed the death toll on Tuesday. Four Egyptians were also killed and at least two more injured in the attack, which took place near the Bahariya oasis in Egypt’s Western Desert.
The attack occurred at around midday on Sunday, when the tourists, who were traveling in a convoy of four 4×4 vehicles, had stopped for a picnic. A witness said they came under fire from an Apache military helicopter, which then gunned down several victims as they tried to flee toward the top of a nearby sand dune…
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Inside the Mexico City market that serves lion steak and tiger burgers
The Los Coyotes stall in the San Juan market sells lion and tiger burgers for 100 pesos ($6) each.
Perched beside me on a plastic stool in Mexico City’s San Juan market, Francisco, a pensioner from the nearby town of Amatepec, is chowing down a plate of skunk meat.
“I’ve tried everything: armadillo, iguana, turtle, snake, you name it,” he tells me between mouthfuls, “but skunk is my favourite. I used to hunt them out in the mountains but it’s been years since I last ate it.”
So what does it taste like? “It tastes like skunk. You can’t compare it with anything else. Every meat has its own distinct flavor,” Francisco replies.
As appealing as skunk sounds, I’ve come here in search of two even more unusual meats: lion and crocodile…
Gang members dissolved bodies in acid at this home in western Mexico
Mexican authorities found human remains and containers with traces of acid at this property in Jalisco.
Mexican authorities announced a nightmarish discovery in the western state of Jalisco last week, after raiding a property where gang members are thought to have dissolved their victims in barrels of acid.
The white-walled building, which has no street number and is covered in graffiti, is located at the end of an uneven dirt road in Santa Lucia, a small, underdeveloped town just northwest of Guadalajara, Mexico’s second biggest city.
Inside, investigators found five 450-liter tanks containing several human teeth, bones, plastic tape and traces of acid. The courtyard housed an empty swimming pool and a shallow grave that measured just over 50cm in diameter and contained human pelvis, femur and shoulder bones.
The top floor of the property was marked with bloodstains and the police also found a 9mm handgun, two knives, a shovel, gasoline, jewelry, clothing and 13 discarded cans and bottles…
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