An armed gang has kidnapped 22 Mexican tourists in the resort city of Acapulco, the prosecutor’s office in the southern state of Guerrero said.
They said the tourists, who were from the neighbouring state of Michoacan, were abducted on Thursday.
Local media reported the group was looking for a hotel when they were seized by gunmen.
Acapulco is popular with visitors but it is also the scene of a violent turf war between rival drug cartels.
The prosecutor’s office said it did not know the motive for the kidnapping, or who was behind it.
But some eyewitnesses said the kidnappers were driving cars with Michoacan number plates.
Michoacan is the power base for La Familia Michoacana, a violent drug cartel active on Mexico’s Pacific coast.
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