■MEXICO
Farm leader, 14 more, slain
A farmworkers leader and 14 people who were apparently his relatives and employees are dead in a mass shooting in Sonora state on Friday. Prosecutors’ spokesman Jose Larrinaga says the victims include farm leader Margarito Montes, 10 other men, one woman and three minors. It appears the killers used assault rifles. The Permanent Agrarian Council farm group said Montes was ambushed by a gang of gunmen near his home, and called on the government to catch the killers.
■UNITED STATES
Crews clean up Bay spill
Crews are working to clean up a fuel leak in San Francisco Bay a day after an oil tanker spilled hundreds of liters into the water. Coast Guard officials say skimmer boats are scooping up shipping fuel about 4km southeast of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. An estimated 1,500 to 3,000 liters of oil spilled into the water after a fuel line ruptured on Friday during a fuel transfer on the Panamanian-flagged Dubai Star. There are no reports so far of oiled wildlife. The California Department of Fish and Game has suspended fishing between the Bay Bridge and the San Mateo Bridge along the Alameda County shoreline.
■UNITED KINGDOM
Man locked in ambulance
A 65-year-old man in Manchester was locked inside an ambulance for five hours when his driver forgot about him after finishing his workday, it was reported on Saturday. The man was trapped inside an ambulance used for ferrying patients to appointments. The driver, who was supposed to return him to his care home after a hospital appointment on Tuesday, is thought to have forgotten about the man after dropping off three other patients. The driver has been suspended.
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