Officials say ambush of humanitarian caravan in Mexico kills Finnish man, Mexican activist

Finnish, Mexican killed in ambush on caravan

OAXACA, Mexico — Mexican officials say a Finnish man and a local political activist were killed when their humanitarian caravan was ambushed in a remote, restive area of Oaxaca state.

The Oaxaca attorney general’s office said Wednesday that Jyri Antero Jaakkola of Finland and Oaxacan activist Beatriz Alberta Carino Trujillo apparently died of gunshot wounds in the attack.

An eyewitness says the roughly 40 people traveling in the caravan scattered during the gunfire Tuesday. Most are still missing, including two journalists from the Mexican magazine Contralinea.

The area involved is the scene of a decades-long dispute between a group demanding greater local autonomy and militants with links to Oaxaca’s ruling party.