Army unit in Mexico killings has past controversy

By PETER ORSIKATHERINE CORCORAN

Published September 27, 2014 4:32pm ET

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Army unit in Mexico killings has past controversy — FILE - In this July 3, 2014 file photo, bullet holes and blood stains cover a wall above papers marking where bodies were found in an unfinished warehouse that was the site of a shootout between Mexican soldiers and alleged criminals on the outskirts of the village of San Pedro Limon, in Mexico state, Mexico. An army officer and seven soldiers who face disciplinary action for their participation in the killing of 22 people at this warehouse in rural southern Mexico belong to an army battalion with a history of incidents. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File) | Rebecca Blackwell

MEXICO CITY (AP) — An army officer and seven soldiers who face disciplinary action for their participation in the killing of 22 people in rural southern Mexico belong to an army battalion with a history of incidents.

The Mexican Defense Department said the eight were involved in the June 30 incident in San Pedro Limon, an encounter that the military initially reported as a shootout but that a witness has described as a massacre.

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