Mexico seeks culprits in rape of 6 Spaniards

By Bertha Ramos, Mark Stevenson
Published February 6, 2013 5:00am ET
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Mexico seeks culprits in rape of 6 Spaniards
State police stand at a roadblock due to stepped up security after masked armed men broke into a beach home, raping six Spanish tourists who had rented the house in Acapulco, Mexico, Tuesday Feb. 5, 2013. According to the mayor of Acapulco, five masked men burst into a house the Spaniards had rented on the outskirts of Acapulco, in a low-key area near the beach, and held a group of six Spanish men and one Mexican woman at gunpoint, while they raped the Spanish women before dawn on Monday. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez) | Bernandino Hernandez

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Armed, masked men who raped six Spanish tourists in the Mexican resort of Acapulco spared the lone Mexican woman in the group because of her nationality, adding yet another macabre twist to the case that has further hurt the resort’s already battered reputation.

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