A court in Mexico has sentenced 11 former Police Officers to 50 years in prison each for the 2021 slayings of 17 migrants and two Mexican citizens. The officers, who were members of an elite police group in the state of Tamaulipas, were convicted of homicide and abuse of authority. Another officer was convicted of abuse of authority and sentenced to 19 years. The officers had initially claimed they were responding to shots fired and were chasing drug cartel vehicles. They were accused of burning the victims' bodies to cover up the crime.

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