6 people, including a boy, shot dead in Mexico as mass killings of families persist

Six members of two families were killed in Mexico's violent state of Guanajuato, marking at least the third massacre of family members in the country since last month, authorities confirmed Wednesday.

An increasing number of women, children and entire families have fallen victim to the increasingly indiscriminate violence in Guanajuato and other states where drug cartels are fighting bloody turf battles.

The killings in the Guanajuato town of Yuriria claimed six victims - three members of one family and three of another - including an adolescent boy and a woman, state prosecutors said.