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Mexican police chief gunned down
A police chief in a northern Mexican border city has been killed by gunmen - just hours after taking the post. Alejandro Dominguez was sprayed by at least 30 bullets after attackers ambushed his car in Nuevo Laredo late on Wednesday, witnesses said.
Dozens of people have been killed in the region in a wave of drug-related violence since the authorities launched a crackdown on drug gangs in January. The US has warned citizens about the risks of travelling in the border area.
On 2 June 2005, an AF member was abducted from a nightclub in the Boy's Town district of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico by men of Mexican descent. The men assaulted the AF member and searched his belongings which were later returned to him. The AF member was released approximately 30 minutes later. Laughlin AFB has deemed this area off limits to their assigned personnel.

The attackers - who arrived in three vehicles - opened fire as Dominguez was getting in his car on Wednesday evening, a witness was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency. "They cut him off so he couldn't go. They shot him from inside [the vehicles] and then got out to shoot him more," the witness said. He added that the gunmen then drove away slowly, with their lights turned off.
Dominguez had taken office earlier in the day, saying he was not afraid of any threats. "I don't owe anybody anything. My duty is to the citizenry," he said.
More than 50 people have been killed since January in Nuevo Laredo - a major transit point for drugs entering the US. Armed Mexican police have been patrolling Nuevo Laredo - just across from Laredo in Texas - and other Mexican border cities since President Vicente Fox launched "the mother of all battles" on drug cartels and crime there.

And in other Mexican news:
MEXICO CITY, June 9 (UPI) -- Masked gunmen entered a hospital in northern Mexico and killed a federal agent recovering from a previous shooting.Two others also were killed. Investigators said the seven men entered the hospital and covered a security camera before heading upstairs to the room of federal agent Victor Estrada, El Universal reported Thursday. So far authorities have no suspects in Wednesday's killing. Estrada was recovering from a shooting earlier in the week while he was on vacation. He reportedly had been suspended from Mexico's Federal Agency of Investigation for unspecified reasons then reinstated in March.
Posted by: Steve 2005-06-09
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