Police escort a van with twelve Spanish citizens and a Mexican woman in Acapulco on February 4, 2013.
- Six Spanish women were raped after a group of men were tied up with cell phone cables
- A Mexican woman was also raped in the Monday night attack near the beach resort city
- Mexican authorities are now protecting the victims, who are on vacation
- Acapulco is in the state of Guerrero on Mexico's Pacific coast
(CNN) -- A band of hooded gunmen broke into a building near Acapulco, Mexico, and raped six Spanish women after tying up a group of men with their own cell phone cables, officials said Tuesday.
A Mexican woman was also raped in the Monday night attack near the beach resort city.
The victims, who are on vacation, are now under the protection of Mexican authorities, and Spanish officials have been notified.
Acapulco Mayor Luis Walton condemned the attack during a Tuesday news conference and vowed to apprehend those responsible.
Acapulco is in the state of Guerrero on Mexico's Pacific coast, and is generally thought of as a relatively safe city despite rampant violence in the surrounding region. After a series of gruesome murders in recent years, American and British authorities have issued travel warnings.
The U.S. State Department said resort city bars, including those in Acapulco, can be "havens for drug dealers and petty criminals."
But the agency said "resort areas and tourist destinations in Mexico generally do not see the levels of drug-related violence and crime reported in the border region and in areas along major trafficking routes."
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