Between 800 and 1,000 families have been forced to flee their homes in the mountains of central Mexico after a criminal group attacked them with homemade explosives dropped from drones and high-powered weapons, community and human rights groups reported on Sunday.
The wave of violence in the state of Guerrero began on Wednesday, when a powerful criminal organization known as Los Ardillos began aggressively attacking communities in a rural mountainous region.
Thousands of people—including children and the elderly—were forced to flee in just a few days following what, they say, were years of escalating attacks. At least one person was injured. Videos show families fleeing their homes in the early hours of Sunday—on Mother's Day—under the cover of darkness and with nothing more than backpacks.
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