'US teenagers' killed in Mexican border city shooting

'US teenagers' killed in Mexican border city shooting

8 February 2011 Last updated at 17:19 GMT

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Three teenage boys, at least two of whom are believed to have been US citizens, were shot and killed in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, authorities have said.

The three were killed on Saturday at a car dealership across from the Texas city of El Paso, where they were looking at cars, officials said.

Police recovered an AK-47 at the scene, a gun often used by drug traffickers.

There are no leads in the case, said Mexican spokesman Arturo Sandoval.

One victim was found inside a vehicle, while the bodies of the two other teenagers were found in the dealership's courtyard.

At least 60 bullet casings were also found at the scene, said Mr Sandoval, a prosecutors' spokesman in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.

Ciudad Juarez, which has roughly 1.3 million residents, has become one of the world's most dangerous cities due to an ongoing war between drug cartels in the region. The city saw more than 3,000 murders last ye

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