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An armed gang has kidnapped 22 Mexican tourists in the resort city of Acapulco, the prosecutor's office in the southern state of Guerrero said.
They said the group, who was from the neighbouring state of Michoacan, was abducted on Thursday.
Local media reported they were looking for a hotel when they were seized by gunmen.
Acapulco is popular with visitors but it is also the scene of a violent turf war between rival drug cartels.
The prosecutor's office said it did not know the motive for the kidnapping, or who was behind it.
Director of the investigative police in Guerrero state Fernando Monreal said the kidnapping had been reported by a man who had been travelling with the group.
The man said they all worked for an auto-mechanic company and had come to Acapulco for a weekend stay.
He said he got out of one of the cars the group had been travelling in to buy something in a nearby shop. When he returned, his colleagues had disappeared.
Eyewitnesses said the kidnappers were driving cars with Michoacan number plates.
Michoacan is the power base for La Familia Michoacana, a violent drug cartel active on Mexico's Pacific coast.
The BBC's Julian Miglerieni in Mexico City says that while violent attacks have become more common in Acapulco, this is the first mass kidnapping to happen in the popular tourist spot.
An armed gang has kidnapped 22 Mexican tourists in the resort city of Acapulco, the prosecutor's office in the southern state of Guerrero said.
They said the group, who was from the neighbouring state of Michoacan, was abducted on Thursday.
Local media reported they were looking for a hotel when they were seized by gunmen.
Acapulco is popular with visitors but it is also the scene of a violent turf war between rival drug cartels.
The prosecutor's office said it did not know the motive for the kidnapping, or who was behind it.
Director of the investigative police in Guerrero state Fernando Monreal said the kidnapping had been reported by a man who had been travelling with the group.
The man said they all worked for an auto-mechanic company and had come to Acapulco for a weekend stay.
He said he got out of one of the cars the group had been travelling in to buy something in a nearby shop. When he returned, his colleagues had disappeared.
Eyewitnesses said the kidnappers were driving cars with Michoacan number plates.
Michoacan is the power base for La Familia Michoacana, a violent drug cartel active on Mexico's Pacific coast.
The BBC's Julian Miglerieni in Mexico City says that while violent attacks have become more common in Acapulco, this is the first mass kidnapping to happen in the popular tourist spot.
