Twenty State Officials Investigated in Military Slayings in Tlatlaya Warehouse Agence France-Presse
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Mexican soldiers patrol the entrance to the Tlatlaya community where 22 people were killed in a confrontation with soldiers of the Mexican army (AFP/Beatriz Rodriguez)

TOLUCA Mexico - Twenty central Mexico state officials are being investigated over allegations that witnesses of the suspected execution of gang suspects by soldiers were tortured, prosecutors said Wednesday.

The chief prosecutor of Mexico State, Alejandro Gomez, told reporters that those being questioned are investigators his agency, and they are "more than willing to cooperate with the investigation."

The probe follows the arrest last year of seven soldiers in connection with the June 30 killing of 22 suspected criminals in Tlatlaya, 240 kilometers (150 miles) south of Mexico City.

At first, the military issued a statement saying the suspects had died in a shootout. But a witness told Esquire magazine in September that most had been executed after surrendering.

Federal prosecutors subsequently charged seven soldiers with "crimes against public service." Three of them face murder charges for the killing of eight of the 22 gang suspects.

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Mexico Military Under Probe Over Deaths. Warning: The report contains graphic images which some viewers may find disturbing. (Al Jazeera)

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