7 Month Old Baby Killed in Mexican Gang War!!

**Shame on the bastards who did this.

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.

Santiago Pinotepa Nacional Oaxaca, a Facebook page focusing on the city's events, posted an image of the murdered family and likened baby Marcos to Alan.

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Family members gathered to hold a memorial for the family.

One comment read 'There should be no likes for this image. If you must, it is better to have many or millions of comments of sympathy, and [comments of] contempt for the cowards who did this and the ineptitude of the federal government.' The initial post had 2,979 likes at the time of writing.

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.