Thursday 4 February 2016

Haunting Image of 7month-old Baby Murdered alongside his Parents in Mexico becomes a Symbol in the War Against Gangs

  Baby slain in gang violence horrifies Mexican social media users

This is the haunting image of a murdered seven-month-old baby who is becoming a symbol of why action is needed on gang violence.

The child was killed alongside his parents, slaughtered in Mexico, with the picture being likened to that of the three-year-old Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi whose body washed up on a Greek beach after his family tried to flee Islamic State.


Identified as Marcos Miguel Pano Colón, he was being held by his father Juan Alberto Pano Ramos, 24, who was accompanied with his mother Alba Isabel Colón, 17.

The trio were killed in the city of Pinotepa Nacional on Friday night, and since then disturbing images of their bodies have been circulating on Facebook.

Social media users are demanding that the image should force authorities to end the rampant gang violence across Mexico once and for all.

A Facebook group has been set up demanding action.

One post read: "This picture is running all around the world.

"It is just like the Syrian boy.

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