A Mexican mother and daughter have been tortured and killed after posting a photo of them posing with a fake assault rifle that reportedly led to them being mixed up with a criminal gang.
According to local media, the unnamed mother and daughter from the municipality of Reynosa in the north-eastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas posted a photo of themselves posing with a fake assault rifle on social media before they suddenly went missing.
The photo shows the mum holding the fake weapon while wearing military-style trousers as her daughter poses as a wild cat.
Local media said that concerned family members reported them as missing hours before the police found their dead bodies.
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