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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/12-taxi-drivers-passengers-killed.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Attacks on taxis in the Mexican resort of Acapulco left 12 taxi drivers or passengers dead (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-12-taxi-drivers-passengers-killed.jpg" alt="Attacks on taxis in the Mexican resort of Acapulco left 12 taxi drivers or passengers dead (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>A spate of attacks on taxis in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco has left 12 taxi drivers or passengers dead, police said, just hours before the Mexican Open tennis tournament was scheduled to start.</p>
<p>Acapulco has been the scene of bloody drug cartel turf wars, and taxi drivers have often been targeted for extortion or recruited by the gangs to act as lookouts or transport drugs.</p>
<p>The organisers of the largest tennis tournament in Latin America said the Mexican government has assured them that appropriate security measures have been taken for the event.</p>
<p>Police in Guerrero state, where Acapulco is located, said that four suspects had been detained in relation with some of the attacks. The suspects had guns, a grenade and a machete that police say may have been used to decapitate some of the victims.</p>
<p>The attacks began on Friday, when five taxi drivers were found dead in or near their vehicles.</p>
<p>The slaughter continued on Saturday, when a driver was found bound and fatally shot near his taxi, and two others were found dead with bullet wounds inside their vehicles. One of the drivers had been beheaded.</p>
<p>Gunmen opened fire on yet another taxi, killing the driver and three passengers.</p>
<p>On Sunday, the violence came closer to the city&#8217;s tourist zone, where the tennis matches are held. Five cars were set on fire and a man&#8217;s body was found hacked to pieces outside an apartment building.</p>
<p>Dozens of cars have been set ablaze in Acapulco in recent days, for reasons that are not entirely clear.</p>
<p>Tournament organisers at the Association of Tennis Professionals said the group had received assurances from all levels of the Mexican government. &#8220;Following an independent security assessment and discussions with tournament organisers, we are satisfied that responsible measures are being taken, and that the event has the full support of the authorities of Acapulco, the state of Guerrero, and the Mexican federal government,&#8221; a statement said.</p>
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